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Architecting Cloud Computing Solutions

By : Kevin L. Jackson, Scott Goessling
Book Image

Architecting Cloud Computing Solutions

By: Kevin L. Jackson, Scott Goessling

Overview of this book

Cloud adoption is a core component of digital transformation. Scaling the IT environment, making it resilient, and reducing costs are what organizations want. Architecting Cloud Computing Solutions presents and explains critical cloud solution design considerations and technology decisions required to be made for deploying the right cloud service and deployment models, based on your business and technology service requirements. This book starts with the fundamentals of cloud computing and its architectural concepts. It then walks you through cloud service models (IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS), deployment models (public, private, community, and hybrid) and implementation options (enterprise, MSP, and CSP) to explain and describe the key considerations and challenges organizations face during cloud migration. Later, this book delves into how to leverage DevOps, Cloud-Native, and serverless architectures in your cloud environment and presents industry best practices for scaling your cloud environment. Finally, this book addresses in depth how to manage essential cloud technology service components, such as data storage, security controls, and disaster recovery. By the end of this book, you will have mastered all the design considerations and operational trades required to adopt cloud services, no matter which cloud service provider you choose.
Table of Contents (24 chapters)
Free Chapter
1
Prologue
18
Hands-On Lab 1 – Basic Cloud Design (Single Server)
20
Hands-On Lab 3 – Optimizing Current State (12 Months Later)
21
Cloud Architecture – Lessons Learned
22
Epilogue

Hands-On Lab 1 – Basic Cloud Design (Single Server)

Cloud architecture can be difficult; at times, we make it more difficult than we need to. Cloud is shifting everything because it is an economic innovation, not a technical one. Cloud is driven by economics rather than technology. Each new service continues to drive progression via economics by enabling the realignment of strategy, technology, and economics. Containers and serverless are using new economic models to change the way infrastructure and software are deployed. Because the cloud is primarily economics and strategy, it requires updates to skill sets and additional data for decisions.

The cloud is an answer, but not the answer to everything. Cloud does not make bad decisions better. The cloud is a tool. The cloud is a philosophy, a strategy, a mindset, and an attitude. Above all, cloud is a process. A single aggressive...