So far, you have learned about various aspects of solution architecture, architecture attributes, and architecting principals. Since the cloud is a developing trend, you will see different examples from popular cloud technologies. The public cloud is becoming one of the primary destinations to host applications, so it's important not to undervalue the proposition and migration method in the cloud. In this chapter, you will learn about the various aspects of the cloud and develop cloud thinking, which will also help you understand the upcoming chapters better.
As you learned in Chapter 1, The Meaning of Solution Architecture, cloud computing refers to the on-demand delivery of IT resources over the web, and you pay as you utilize resources. The public cloud helps you acquire technologies such as compute, storage, network...