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Multi-Cloud Strategy for Cloud Architects: Learn how to adopt and manage public clouds by leveraging BaseOps, FinOps, and DevSecOps 2nd Edition
Author(s): Jeroen Mulder (Author)
- Publisher: Packt Publishing
- Publication Date: 27 April 2023
- Edition: 2nd
- Language: English
- Print length: 470 pages
- ISBN-10: 1804616737
- ISBN-13: 9781804616734
Book Description
Solve the complexity of running a business in a multi-cloud environment with practical guidelines backed by industry experience.
Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free eBook in PDF format.
Key Features
- Explore the benefits of the major cloud providers to make better informed decisions
- Accelerate digital transformation with multi-cloud, including the use of PaaS and SaaS concepts
- Get the best out of multi-cloud by exploring relevant use cases for data platforms and IoT
- Unlock insights into top 5 cloud providers in one book – Azure, AWS, GCP, OCI, and Alibaba Cloud
Book Description
Are you ready to unlock the full potential of your enterprise with the transformative power of multi-cloud adoption? As a cloud architect, you understand the challenges of navigating the vast array of cloud services and moving data and applications to public clouds. But with ‘Multi-Cloud Strategy for Cloud Architects, Second Edition’, you’ll gain the confidence to tackle these complexities head-on.
This edition delves into the latest concepts of BaseOps, FinOps, and DevSecOps, including the use of the DevSecOps Maturity Model. You’ll learn how to optimize costs and maximize security using the major public clouds – Azure, AWS, and Google Cloud. Examples of solutions by the increasingly popular Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) and Alibaba Cloud have been added in this edition. Plus, you will discover cutting-edge ideas like AIOps and GreenOps.
With practical use cases, including IoT, data mining, Web3, and financial management, this book empowers you with the skills needed to develop, release, and manage products and services in a multi-cloud environment.
By the end of this book, you’ll have mastered the intricacies of multi-cloud operations, financial management, and security. Don’t miss your chance to revolutionize your enterprise with multi-cloud adoption.
What you will learn
- Choose the right cloud platform with the help of use cases
- Master multi-cloud concepts, including IaC, SaaS, PaaS, and CaC
- Use the techniques and tools offered by Azure, AWS, and GCP to integrate security
- Maximize cloud potential with Azure, AWS, and GCP frameworks for enterprise architecture
- Use FinOps to define cost models and optimize cloud costs with showback and chargeback
Who this book is for
Cloud architects, solutions architects, enterprise architects, and cloud consultants will find this book valuable. Basic knowledge of any one of the major public clouds (Azure, AWS, or GCP) will be helpful.
Table of Contents
- Introduction to Multi-Cloud
- Business Acceleration Using the Multi-Cloud Strategy
- Starting the Multi-Cloud Journey
- Service Designs for Multi-Cloud
- Managing the Enterprise Cloud Architecture
- Controlling the Foundation using Well-Architected Frameworks
- Designing Applications for Multi-Cloud
- Creating a Foundation for Data Platforms
- Creating a Foundation for IoT Use Cases
- Managing Costs with FinOps
- Improving Cost Management with the FinOps Maturity Model
- Cost and Value Modeling in Multi-Cloud Propositions
- Implementing DevSecOps
- Defining Security Policies
- Implementing Identity and Access Management
- Defining Security Policies for Storing Data in Multi-Cloud Concepts
- Implementing and Integrating Security Monitoring
- Improving Security with the DevSecOps Maturity Model
- Introducing AIOps and GreenOps in Multi-Cloud
- Conclusion: The Future of Multi-Cloud
Editorial Reviews
Review
“Jeroen Mulder’s second edition of Multi-Cloud Strategy for Cloud Architects is a comprehensive look at multi-cloud infrastructure. Jeroen does an amazing job of discussing the architecture aspects, how to manage the infrastructures, and how to address FinOps, CloudOps, and SecOps within these complex enterprise architectures. Highly recommended!”
Dwayne Natwick, Eviden Global Principal Cloud Security Lead, SecPro Community Manager, AWS Community Builder – Security & Identity, Microsoft Security MVP
“Multi-Cloud Strategy for Cloud Architects, Second Edition” by Jeroen Mulder is a must-read for anyone who is serious about multi-cloud, cloud strategy, or cloud architecture. This book offers valuable information about the benefits of major cloud providers like Azure, AWS & Google Cloud, Alibaba, and OCI to help businesses make better & informed decisions and make use of the right capabilities to drive business outcomes.”
Deepak Arora, Enterprise Architect, IT Strategist, GTM Leader, Technology Advisor
“An essential guide that provides comprehensive and practical insights into navigating the complexities of operating a business in a multi-cloud environment. Updated with new concepts such as BaseOps, FinOps, and DevSecOps along with the DevSecOps Maturity Model. It discusses how to optimize costs and maximize security while leveraging major public clouds [including] Azure, AWS, Google Cloud, OCI, [and] Alibaba. A must-read resource that empowers professionals.”
Jiadong Chen, Microsoft Developer Technologies MVP, Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert
“Multi-Cloud Strategy for Cloud Architects” is a comprehensive guide that covers the A to Z of multi-cloud computing and will answer the various questions you may have about this topic. It covers the concepts of BaseOps, FinOps, and DevSecOps. If you are not familiar with these, do not fret. This book has you covered. If, like me, you have an interest in multi-cloud, then you will learn how to think about optimizing costs, making environments secure, and the tools you can use to help you get to where you want to be.”
Gregor Suttie
Azure Architect at Intercept | Azure MVP & MCT | LinkedIn Learning Instructor
“Multi-Cloud Strategy for Cloud Architects is one of the best books I have read recently. It is bound to be a Multi-Cloud classic and is a must-read for anyone adopting one, two or many clouds. It focuses on the most popular clouds, compares their features, and identifies how to implement them successfully. It also covers some of the less common clouds.”
Bill Zack – Community Leader – Cloud Solutions Architect
About the Author
Jeroen Mulder is a certified enterprise and security architect, and he works with Fujitsu (Netherlands) as a Principal Business Consultant. Earlier, he was a Sr. Lead Architect, focusing on cloud and cloud native technology, at Fujitsu, and was later promoted to become the Head of Applications and Multi-Cloud Services. Jeroen is interested in the cloud technology, architecture for cloud infrastructure, serverless and container technology, application development, and digital transformation using various DevOps methodologies and tools. He has previously authored “Multi-Cloud Architecture and Governance”, “Enterprise DevOps for Architects”, and “Transforming Healthcare with DevOps4Care”.
