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Solutions Architect's Handbook - Second Edition

By : Saurabh Shrivastava, Neelanjali Srivastav
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Book Image

Solutions Architect's Handbook - Second Edition

4 (2)
By: Saurabh Shrivastava, Neelanjali Srivastav

Overview of this book

Becoming a solutions architect requires a hands-on approach, and this edition of the Solutions Architect's Handbook brings exactly that. This handbook will teach you how to create robust, scalable, and fault-tolerant solutions and next-generation architecture designs in a cloud environment. It will also help you build effective product strategies for your business and implement them from start to finish. This new edition features additional chapters on disruptive technologies, such as Internet of Things (IoT), quantum computing, data engineering, and machine learning. It also includes updated discussions on cloud-native architecture, blockchain data storage, and mainframe modernization with public cloud. The Solutions Architect's Handbook provides an understanding of solution architecture and how it fits into an agile enterprise environment. It will take you through the journey of solution architecture design by providing detailed knowledge of design pillars, advanced design patterns, anti-patterns, and the cloud-native aspects of modern software design. By the end of this handbook, you'll have learned the techniques needed to create efficient architecture designs that meet your business requirements.
Table of Contents (22 chapters)
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Index

Popular public cloud choices

Since the cloud is the norm now, there are many cloud providers on the market that provide cutting-edge technology platforms that are competing to get market share.

The following are the major cloud providers (at the time of writing):

  • AWS: AWS is one of the oldest and largest cloud providers. AWS provides IT resources such as compute power, storage, databases, and other services on a need basis over the internet with a pay-as-you-go model. AWS not only offers IaaS; it has a broad range of offerings in PaaS and SaaS. AWS provides multiple offerings in cutting-edge technologies in the area of machine learning, artificial intelligence, blockchain, Internet of Things (IoT), and a comprehensive set of significant data capabilities. You can host almost any workload in AWS and combine services to design an optimal solution.
  • Microsoft Azure: Also known as Azure and like any cloud provider, it provides IT resources such as compute, network...