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Solutions Architect's Handbook

You're reading from Solutions Architect's Handbook Kick-start your career with architecture design principles, strategies, and generative AI techniques

Product type Paperback

Published in Mar 2024

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781835084236

Length 578 pages

Edition 3rd Edition

Languages

Java

Tools

AWS CDK

Concepts

Cloud Computing

Authors (2):

Neelanjali Srivastav

Saurabh Shrivastava

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Table of Contents (20) Chapters

Preface

1. Solutions Architects in Organizations

2. Principles of Solution Architecture Design FREE CHAPTER

3. Cloud Migration and Cloud Architecture Design

4. Solution Architecture Design Patterns

5. Cloud-Native Architecture Design Patterns

6. Performance Considerations

7. Security Considerations

8. Architectural Reliability Considerations

9. Operational Excellence Considerations

10. Cost Considerations

11. DevOps and Solution Architecture Framework

12. Data Engineering for Solution Architecture

13. Machine Learning Architecture

14. Generative AI Architecture

15. Rearchitecting Legacy Systems

16. Solution Architecture Document

17. Learning Soft Skills to Become a Better Solutions Architect

18. Other Books You May Enjoy

19. Index

What is generative AI?

Generative AI is artificial intelligence with the remarkable ability to develop new content and ideas. This includes things like having conversations, creating stories, producing images and videos, and even making music.

In December 2022, the design team at the Laboratory for Artificial Intelligence in Design (AiDLab) located in Hong Kong orchestrated a groundbreaking fashion exhibition titled Fashion X AI (https://www.fashionxai.com/event-highlights-fashionshow). This showcase was unique because every design featured in the event was created by AI, drawing inspiration from mood boards, color palettes, and concepts provided by human designers.

Like other types of AI, generative AI relies on machine learning (ML) models. These models are quite large and are pre-trained using vast amounts of data. We often call these models foundation models (FMs).

The FMs we have today (like OpenAI GPT-4 or Google Gemini for large language tasks, Stable Diffusion...

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Authors (2)

Saurabh Shrivastava

Saurabh Shrivastava

Saurabh Shrivastava is a technology leader, author, inventor, and public speaker with over 18 years of experience in the IT industry. He currently works at Amazon Web Services (AWS) as a Global Solutions Architect Leader and enables global consulting partners and enterprise customers on their journey to the cloud. Saurabh led the AWS global technical partnerships, set his team's vision and execution model, and nurtured multiple new strategic initiatives. Saurabh has authored various blogs and whitepapers across a diverse range of technologies, such as big data, IoT, machine learning, and cloud computing. He is passionate about the latest innovations and their impact on our society and daily life. He holds a patent in cloud platform automation. Before AWS, Saurabh worked as an enterprise solution architect, software architect, and software engineering manager in Fortune 50 enterprises, start-ups, and global product and consulting organizations.

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Neelanjali Srivastav

Neelanjali Srivastav

Neelanjali Srivastav is a technology leader, product manager, agile coach, and cloud practitioner with over 16 years of experience in the software industry. She currently works at Amazon Web Services (AWS) as a Senior Product Manager and enables global customers on their data journey to the cloud. Neelanjali evangelizes and enables AWS customer and partners in AWS database, analytics, and machine learning services. She sets the product vision and cultivates new products in incubation. Before AWS, Neelanjali led teams of software engineers, solutions architects, and systems analysts to modernize IT systems and develop innovative software solutions for large enterprises. Neelanjali has held multiple roles in the IT services industry and R&D, focusing on enterprise application management, cloud service management, and orchestration.

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