Summary

The goal of this chapter was to provide some common understanding of different cloud concepts and how companies could use these to get the best-of-breed solutions to improve the business. Starting a multi-cloud journey requires proper preparation to get the best out of cloud technology, including emerging technologies such as micro-services, containers, and serverless. We noticed that it can become very complex. We must make sure that we keep the platforms consistent, by decreasing complexity and enabling effective management of workloads. Next, we started our journey by creating a plan for transition and transformation, starting with connectivity, and defining landing zones.

Cloud technology evolves at an extremely high pace. It’s hard to keep up with all the new developments and the release of new features. In the last section, we learned how to stay in control with technology mapping, using the principles of the North Star architecture and technology roadmaps...