Optimizing your modernization journey with AWS : best practices for transforming your applications and infrastructure on the cloud / Mridula Grandhi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Grandhi, Mridula, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Amazon Web Services (Firm).

Web services.

Cloud computing.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (419 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Birmingham, England : Packt Publishing Ltd., [2023]

Biography/History:

Grandhi Mridula: Mridula Grandhi is a senior leader of solutions architecture specializing in the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Compute portfolio of services such as containers, serverless, Graviton, and hybrid services. She has more than 16 years of experience architecting and building distributed software systems across industry verticals such as the supply chain, the automotive industry, telecommunications, and financial services. In her current leadership position, she works with AWS customers and provides strategic guidance on optimal pathways to modernize their workloads and achieve their business objectives.

Summary:

A strategic guide that will help you make key decisions related to cloud-based architectures, modernize your infrastructure and applications, and transform your business using AWS with real-world case studies Key Features Learn cloud migration and modernization strategies on AWS Innovate your applications, data, architecture and networking by adopting AWS Leverage AWS technologies with real world use-cases to implement cloud operations Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free eBook in the PDF format Book Description AWS cloud technologies help businesses scale and innovate, however, adopting modern architecture and applications can be a real challenge. This book is a comprehensive guide that ensures your switch to AWS services is smooth and hitch-free. It will enable you to make optimal decisions to bring out the best ROI from AWS cloud adoption. Beginning with nuances of cloud transformation on AWS, you'll be able to plan and implement the migration steps. The book will facilitate your system modernization journey by getting you acquainted with various technical domains, namely, applications, databases, big data, analytics, networking, and security. Once you've learned about the different operations, budgeting, and management best practices such as the 6 Rs of migration approaches and the AWS Well-Architected Framework, you'll be able to achieve operational excellence in cloud adoption. You'll also learn how to deploy some of the important AWS tools and services with real-life case studies and use cases. By the end of this book, you'll be able to successfully implement cloud migration and modernization on AWS and make decisions that best suit your organization. What you will learn Strategize approaches for cloud adoption and digital transformation Understand the catalysts for business reinvention Select the right tools for cloud migration and modernization processes Leverage the potential of AWS to maximize the value of cloud investments Understand the importance of implementing secure workloads on the cloud Explore AWS services such as computation, databases, security, and networking Implement various real-life use cases and technology case studies for modernization Discover the benefits of operational excellence on the cloud Who this book is for If you are a cloud enthusiast, solutions architect, enterprise technologist, or a C-suite executive and want to learn about the strategies and AWS services to transform your IT portfolio, this book is for you. Basic knowledge of AWS services and an understanding of technologies such as computation, databases, networking, and security will be helpful.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright and Credits

Dedications

Contributors

Table of Contents

Part 1: Migrating to the Cloud

Chapter 1: Introduction to Cloud Transformation

Introduction to the cloud

The origins of cloud computing

Key characteristics of cloud computing

On-demand self-service

Wide range of network access

Multi-tenant model and resource pooling

Rapid elasticity

PAYG model

Measured service and reporting

Understanding the motivators for cloud adoption

Resilience

Advanced security

Carbon footprint reduction

Improved optimization and efficiency

Faster innovation and business agility

Understanding CSPs

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Microsoft Azure

Google Cloud Platform

Alibaba Cloud

Exploring the service models - SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)

Platform as a Service (PaaS)

Software as a service (SaaS)

Exploring the deployment models - public, private, hybrid, multi, and community

The public cloud

The private cloud

The hybrid cloud

Multi-cloud

The community cloud

Comparison between the different cloud deployment models

Summary

Further reading

Chapter 2: Understanding Cloud Migration

Cloud migration - key concepts and fundamentals

What is cloud migration?

AWS cloud fundamentals

Understanding the key cloud migration challenges

Lack of enterprise-wide vision

Lack of cloud-first mindset

Lack of technical skill sets

Lack of a well-defined strategy

Lack of data security and risk assessment

Lack of accurate migration budget assessment

Lack of on-premises-to-cloud compatibility

The evolving benefits of cloud migration

Building a cloud-first mindset

Assess - understanding the present

Vision - imagining the future state

Mission - setting the goals.

Exploring the phases of cloud migration

Phase 1 - Discover

Phase 2 - Plan

Phase 3 - Migrate

Phase 4 - Automate

Phase 5 - Optimize

Chapter 3: Preparing for Cloud Migration

Learning about cloud migration insights

Begin with cost savings, evolve with innovation

Cloud migration propels cultural shift

High-level metrics are not enough

Proper planning drives successful migration

Thinking beyond CapEx and OpEx

There are many great cloud providers

Choosing the right cloud partner for your business

Security

Certifications, compliance, standards, and attestation frameworks

Innovation and roadmap

Service-level agreements and contracts

Support model

Pricing model

Vendor lock-in criteria and exit provisions

Reliability and performance

Service dependencies and partnerships

Overall business health

Checklist for choosing a strong partner

Evaluation of potential vendor lock-ins

Unraveling the multi-cloud - benefits, challenges, and strategy

Benefits

Challenges

Multi-cloud strategy

Aligning your IT landscape with the cloud - best practices

Chapter 4: Implementing Cloud Migration Strategies

Introducing cloud migration strategies

What is a cloud migration strategy?

Purpose of a cloud migration strategy

Determining licensing, maintenance, and support contracts

Identifying dependencies

Determining on-premises hosting locations

Prioritizing services

Involving key stakeholders

Identifying central governance

Identifying an exit strategy

Diving into the 6 Rs of cloud migration

Rehost (lift-and-shift)

Replatform (lift-and-shape or lift-tinker-and-shift)

Repurchase (drop-and-shop)

Refactor/Rearchitect

Retain (do nothing)

Retire (drop).

Building a business case for cloud migration

Executive summary

Defining a problem statement

Gathering business data

Outlining your main objectives

Summarizing the proposal

Highlighting limitations and risks

Outlining a migration plan

Mastering cloud migration using AWS

AWS Migration Hub

AWS Application Discovery Service

AWS Application Migration Service

AWS Database Migration Service

Amazon VM Import/Export

AWS Marketplace

Choosing a cloud migration strategy checklist

Part 2: Cloud Modernization - Application, Data, Analytics, and IT

Chapter 5: Modernization in the Cloud

Introducing cloud modernization

The road to cloud modernization

The five key steps

Align

Design

Connect

Implement

Enable and accelerate

Uncovering the stages of modernization

Stage 1 - enabling accessibility

Stage 2 - integrating with cloud-native

Stage 3 - moving legacy apps to the cloud

Understanding migration versus modernization

Exploring the benefits of modernization

Competitive advantage

Paying down technical debt

Reduced business risk

Improved end user experience

Robust data security

Cloud-native

Innovation

Getting started with modernization on AWS

Fundamental technology categories

Case study

Current state - the challenge

Realized benefits

Chapter 6: Application Modernization Approaches

An introduction to application modernization (AppMod)

Legacy systems

What is AppMod?

Understanding key strategies for AppMod

Breaking monolithic applications into microservices

What is monolithic architecture?

What is a microservices architecture?

The importance of loose coupling in a microservices architecture

An example of a microservice

The benefits of a microservices architecture.

The challenges of a microservices architecture

When to use microservices?

Splitting the monolith into microservices

The Strangler pattern

Microservices architecture patterns

Best practices for modern application development

Enable accountability and innovation

Build microservices wherever suitable

Automate wherever possible

Use IaC

Add observability

The AWS landscape for AppMod

Serverless

Application integration

Amazon EventBridge

References

Chapter 7: Application Modernization - Compute

An overview of AWS compute services

Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)

Amazon EC2 Spot

Amazon EC2 Autoscaling

Amazon Lightsail

Diving deep into containers

The rise of containers

Comparing traditional deployments versus virtualization versus containers

How to run containers on AWS

Tools

Case study for Amazon ECS

The business challenge

Solution overview - Amazon ECS

Case study for Amazon EKS

Adopting Amazon EKS

Chapter 8: Implementing Compute and Integration on the Cloud Using AWS

Introduction to serverless

Benefits of serverless

Common use cases for serverless applications

Serverless computing on AWS

AWS Lambda

AWS Fargate

Containers and serverless computing on AWS

Serverless and containers together!

Case study on serverless

AWS Fargate with ECS

Introduction to application integration services and iPaaS

The challenge that iPaaS solves

Benefits of application integration

Diving deep into API management, Event Bus, and messaging on AWS

Amazon API Gateway

Amazon SNS

Amazon SQS

SNS versus SQS

Case study on AWS integration services

Introduction to AWS ALM services

Diving deep into AWS IaC tools

AWS CFN

AWS CDK.

Case study on AWS IaC tools

Business goal

Modernizing using AWS

Chapter 9: Modernizing Data and Analytics on AWS

Introducing data infrastructure modernization

Benefits of data modernization on the cloud

Strategies for data modernization on AWS

Break free from legacy databases

Building modern applications with purpose-built databases

Moving to managed databases

Modernizing data using AWS

Choosing the right database type

Data case studies on AWS

Case study - Amazon Aurora

Case study - Amazon DynamoDB

Case study - Amazon DocumentDB

Case study - Amazon Neptune

Case study - Amazon QLDB

Introducing analytics modernization

Data movement

What does modern data architecture help with?

Pillars of modern data architecture on AWS

Analytics case studies on AWS

Case study - data analytics

Case study - big data and data lake

Part 3: Security and Networking Transformation

Chapter 10: Transforming Security on the Cloud Using AWS

Understanding the security implications of digital transformation

Introducing security on the cloud

Data security

Identity and access management (IAM)

Compliance

Governance

Shared responsibility model

Top cloud security considerations

Architecting secure workloads on the cloud with AWS

Building a threat model

Identity and access management using AWS

Understanding the concept behind IAM

Features

Business use cases

Fraud and anomaly detection using AWS

AWS Security Hub

Amazon GuardDuty

Network and application protection on AWS

AWS services for host-level protection

Data protection using AWS

Data classification

Protecting data at rest

Protecting data in transit

Chapter 11: Transforming Networking on the Cloud Using AWS

Introduction to networking on the cloud.

New generation connectivity needs.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781803236179

1803236175

OCLC:

1382693211