Working under architecture for multi-cloud and avoiding pitfalls

So far, we've looked at the different components of an architecture and what it should achieve. We've been discussing the conditions and prerequisites for the architecture and the service design, all of which have sprouted from business needs. Next, we explored the basic principles of an architecture for cloud environments. Now, the next phase is to really start putting the architecture together. The big question is, where do we start? The geeky answer might be, open Visio and load the stencils for either cloud platform you will be working in. But that's not how you create a good architecture – that really takes some thorough thinking.

Assuming that we have a clear understanding of the requirements and that we have agreed upon the principles, we will execute five stages to create our multi-cloud architecture.

Stage 1 – security architecture

As we mentioned previously, there is a...