Architect's Handbook - Second Edition: Kick-start your Career as a Solutions Architect

From the Publisher Key Takeaways:

• Grow as a solutions architect with an awareness of the breadth and depth of relevant technology.
• Gain soft skills to work at all levels within an organization, from an engineer to C-level.
• Accelerate your enterprise digital journey by helping businesses upgrade to a more efficient tech stack and implementing emerging technology, staying ahead in the competition.

What's New in This Edition?

This second edition of the Solutions Architect's Handbook includes new chapters on emerging technology such as machine learning, IoT (Internet of Things), and quantum computing, and we've expanded on disruptive topics like blockchain. It also covers various big data design patterns including data meshes, lake houses, data lakes, and data streaming. Each chapter has been updated to reflect the most recent industry trends.

New topics include defining a multi-cloud strategy approach, cloud-native architecture, cloud DevOps, and mainframe modernization. The book also has expanded coverage of various evolving topics, such as solutions architecture in the public cloud, blockchain, and IoT. Updates to common patterns and strategies ensure the content is relevant to the current solutions architecture landscape.

How Does Your Book Differ from Other Books on Solution Architecture?

As the cloud becomes more popular, the solutions architect role is becoming more prominent, and many software developers, system engineers, and other IT professionals aspire to become solutions architects. However, many face knowledge gaps, which is why a one-stop shop is required to gain comprehensive insights into the architectural concepts needed for the role.

This book is a guide to patterns and strategies to prepare you for the role. It focuses not just on cloud technology domains and technical concepts but also on soft skills for becoming a successful solutions architect. While other books and online courses help you to upskill in a particular domain with a focus on specific services or technologies, this book provides a more fundamental understanding of the design principles and patterns that you can apply irrespective of a cloud provider. It also empowers existing solutions architects with breadth and depth of knowledge, while giving tips to become better at what they do.

What Skills and Knowledge Will the Readers Gain After Reading the Book?

You will start by learning about the different roles of a solutions architect and their involvement in the overall enterprise landscape. Furthermore, you will discover various architecture designs in a cloud platform like Amazon Web Services (AWS) and how to best utilize the cloud platform for your solution design, modernization, and migration needs. In addition, you will explore various solution architecture patterns such as event-driven and service-oriented architecture, microservices, and RESTful architectures and become familiar with multiple strategies to reduce cost by choosing appropriate designs.

You will also gain deep insights into cloud integration of legacy applications and various approaches to modernizing legacy software. As an add-on, you will learn the soft skills required for the solutions architect role, alongside various techniques to keep up with modern technologies and sharpen existing skills.

Key Topics Covered:

• Solution Architects in an Organization
• Cloud Migration and Hybrid Cloud Architecture Design
• DevOps and Solution Architecture Framework
• Machine Learning Architecture
• The IoT Architecture
• Quantum Computing
• Rearchitecting Legacy Systems
• ...and more!

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