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AWS for Solutions Architects

By : Alberto Artasanchez
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Book Image

AWS for Solutions Architects

3 (1)
By: Alberto Artasanchez

Overview of this book

One of the most popular cloud platforms in the world, Amazon Web Services (AWS) offers hundreds of services with thousands of features to help you build scalable cloud solutions; however, it can be overwhelming to navigate the vast number of services and decide which ones best suit your requirements. Whether you are an application architect, enterprise architect, developer, or operations engineer, this book will take you through AWS architectural patterns and guide you in selecting the most appropriate services for your projects. AWS for Solutions Architects is a comprehensive guide that covers the essential concepts that you need to know for designing well-architected AWS solutions that solve the challenges organizations face daily. You'll get to grips with AWS architectural principles and patterns by implementing best practices and recommended techniques for real-world use cases. The book will show you how to enhance operational efficiency, security, reliability, performance, and cost-effectiveness using real-world examples. By the end of this AWS book, you'll have gained a clear understanding of how to design AWS architectures using the most appropriate services to meet your organization's technological and business requirements.
Table of Contents (20 chapters)
1
Section 1: Exploring AWS
4
Section 2: AWS Service Offerings and Use Cases
11
Section 3: Applying Architectural Patterns and Reference Architectures
17
Section 4: Hands-On Labs

Understanding SaaS

SaaS, or cloud application services, are services where most of the heavy lifting is done by the cloud provider (in this case, AWS). In this case, you will not have to install software or worry about the operating system or software patches. Your focus will be on customizing the business logic of your application and supporting your users. SaaS applications usually have light resource requirements on the client side. For example, a browser or a lightweight IoT device. Most of the heavy lifting and computation gets done on servers in the cloud.

In terms of software installation, SaaS gets rid of the need for your staff to visit individuals' devices. AWS is fully responsible for any issues that might arise on the server, middleware, operating system, and storage levels.

Let's now analyze the characteristics that make up SaaS, the advantages and disadvantages of using a SaaS deployment, and some SaaS examples.

Characteristics of SaaS

These are...