Planning a move to the cloud? Whether this is your first time through the process or you've tried before without success, this practical book will help you complete an optimal cloud transition. Cloud, IT, and enterprise architects, SREs, and platform operations teams will learn how to maximize ROI and keep your company's data secure.
Author Brad Werner takes you through AWS- and Azure-focused architectural design principles that will empower your organization to harness the cloud's speed and agility to drive better business outcomes. With these design principles, you'll enable your company to integrate with legacy systems, address compliance and security concerns at scale, and retain the flexibility to evolve in the future.
You'll learn how to:
- Identify and minimize key drivers of technical debt within your architecture
- Create a viable edge to enhance application security in one or more cloud environments at scale
- Dramatically improve operational efficiency with reusable services and design patterns
- Design architecture around packet flow to reduce wasted effort and improve your security posture
- Reduce compliance costs with consistent, automated policy controls that speed up attestation and reduce wasted effort
About the Author: Brad is a software engineer, network systems/security consultant, instructor, and author with over 30 years of experience in software development and systems engineering. He is expert with embedded systems development and systems integration. He is a best-selling author whose software, books, and course materials have been used worldwide. Brad holds a Bachelor of Science in computer science, completed half of a Masters in telecommunications, and holds a Doctorate in metaphysics as well as other certifications.
Mark Wilkins has more than 20 yearsâ experience designing, deploying, and supporting software and hardware technology in the corporate and small business world. Currently, Mark provides training and consulting services to corporate customers throughout North America. Previously, as course director for Global Knowledge, Mark developed and taught technical seminars and developed courseware for the 2008 Microsoft official curriculum stream.
Since 2010, Mark has focused on cloud services, including Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and IBM SoftLayer. Mark holds Amazon Web Services Architect - Associate and AWS Sys-Ops - Associate as well as certifications in MCSA (2012) He is the author of Learning AWS which has been published in 2019 by Pearson Education.
