Introduction

Figure 13.1 Business requirements determine cloud implementation and deployment strategies, creating an interconnected system that is based on selected application workloads, architecture patterns, and technologies. (credit: modification of “Cityscape” by Romain Guy/Flickr, Public Domain) Chapter Outline 13.1 Hybrid Multicloud Solutions and Cloud Mashups…

Thought Provokers

1. Consider our start-up company that is 100% committed to leveraging innovative technologies as a business growth facilitator. Describe how it can best take advantage of cloud-native application development to create products or services that can generate business. Give precise…

Practice Exercises

1. Explain how a web-based cloud-native application works as opposed to a traditional web application. 2. Give a practical example of a solution implementation that illustrates the differences between SOA and microservices. 3. Explain how CI/CD works in combination with…