Solutions Architect's Handbook: Kick-start your career as a solutions architect by learning architecture design principles and strategies

by Saurabh Shrivastava, Neelanjali Srivastav, Rajesh Sheth (Foreword by), Rohan Karmarkar (Foreword by), Kamal Arora (Foreword by)

Overview

Becoming a solutions architect requires a hands-on approach, and this edition of the Solutions Architect's Handbook brings exactly that. This handbook will teach you how to create robust, scalable, and fault-tolerant solutions and next-generation architecture designs in a cloud environment. It will also help you build effective product strategies for your business and implement them from start to finish.

This new edition features additional chapters on disruptive technologies, such as Internet of Things (IoT), quantum computing, data engineering, and machine learning. It also includes updated discussions on cloud-native architecture, blockchain data storage, and mainframe modernization with public cloud.

The Solutions Architect's Handbook provides an understanding of solution architecture and how it fits into an agile enterprise environment. It will take you through the journey of solution architecture design by providing detailed knowledge of design pillars, advanced design patterns, anti-patterns, and the cloud-native aspects of modern software design.

By the end of this handbook, you'll have learned the techniques needed to create efficient architecture designs that meet your business requirements.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781801819060
Publisher:	Packt Publishing
Publication date:	01/17/2022
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	590
Sales rank:	854,132
File size:	27 MB
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About the Author

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 the area of 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.
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.
Kamal Arora is an inventor, author, and technology leader with more than 15 years of IT experience. He currently works at Amazon Web Services and leads a diverse team of highly experienced solutions architects who enable global consulting partners and enterprise customers on their journey to cloud. Kamal has also led the creation of biggest global technical partnerships, set his team's vision and execution model, and incubated multiple new strategic initiatives. He's passionate about the latest innovations in the cloud and the AI/ML space, and their impact on our society and daily-life.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

1. The Meaning of Solution Architecture
2. Solution Architects in an Organization
3. Attributes of the Solution Architecture
4. Principles of Solution Architecture Design
5. Cloud Migration and Hybrid Cloud Architecture Design
6. Solution Architecture Design Patterns
7. Performance Considerations
8. Security Considerations
9. Architectural Reliability Considerations
10. Operational Excellence Considerations
11. Cost Considerations
12. DevOps and Solution Architecture Framework
13. Data Engineering for Solution Architecture
14. Machine Learning Architecture
15. The Internet of Things Architecture
16. Quantum Computing
17. Rearchitecting Legacy Systems
18. Solution Architecture Document
19. Learning Soft Skills to Become a Better Solution Architect