You're reading from Multi-Cloud Architecture and Governance Leverage Azure, AWS, GCP, and VMware vSphere to build effective multi-cloud solutions

Product type Paperback

Published in Dec 2020

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781800203198

Length 412 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

AWS

Concepts

Cloud Computing

Authors (2):

Jeroen Mulder

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Table of Contents (28) Chapters

Preface

1. Section 1 – Introduction to Architecture and Governance for Multi-Cloud Environments

2. Chapter 1: Introduction to Multi-Cloud FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Business Acceleration Using a Multi-Cloud Strategy

4. Chapter 3: Getting Connected – Designing Connectivity

5. Chapter 4: Service Designs for Multi-Cloud

6. Chapter 5: Managing the Enterprise Cloud Architecture

7. Section 2 – Getting the Basics Right with BaseOps

8. Chapter 6: Designing, Implementing, and Managing the Landing Zone

9. Chapter 7: Designing Resilience and Performance

10. Chapter 8: Defining Automation Tools and Processes

11. Chapter 9: Defining and Using Monitoring and Management Tools

12. Section 3 – Cost Control in Multi-Cloud with FinOps

13. Chapter 10: Managing Licenses

14. Chapter 11: Defining Principles for Resource Provisioning and Consumption

15. Chapter 12: Defining Naming Conventions and Tagging

16. Chapter 13: Validating and Managing Bills

17. Section 4 – Security Control in Multi-Cloud with SecOps

18. Chapter 14: Defining Security Policies

19. Chapter 15: Implementing Identity and Access Management

20. Chapter 16: Defining Security Policies for Data

21. Chapter 17: Implementing and Integrating Security Monitoring

22. Section 5 – Structured Development on Multi-Cloud Environments with DevOps

23. Chapter 18: Designing and Implementing CI/CD Pipelines

24. Chapter 19: Introducing AIOps in Multi-Cloud

25. Chapter 20: Introducing Site Reliability Engineering in Multi-Cloud

26. Assessments

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