The process of moving existing applications and data to the cloud, and integrating them with other cloud-based services.
Cloud Computing basics: Understanding the fundamentals of Cloud computing, such as different Cloud deployment models and Cloud service models.
Cloud migration strategy: Planning and building an effective Cloud migration strategy that covers security, compliance, and scalability concerns.
Cloud deployment models: Understanding different Cloud deployment models, including public, private, and hybrid Clouds, and choosing an appropriate deployment model.
Cloud service models: Understanding different Cloud service models, including Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), and Software as a Service (SaaS).
Cloud integration: Understanding different integration patterns such as APIs, messaging, and event-based integration, and developing an integration strategy.
Cloud security and compliance: Understanding Cloud security and compliance requirements, evaluating Cloud service providers based on security and compliance criteria, and establishing a governance structure.
Cloud operations: Understanding Cloud operations, including capacity planning, performance monitoring, and incident management.
DevOps in the Cloud: Exploring the DevOps philosophy in the Cloud, including continuous integration, continuous delivery, and continuous deployment.
Cloud cost management: Understanding Cloud cost management, including understanding Cloud infrastructure costs, usage-based billing, cost optimization, and cost control.
Cloud vendor management: Evaluation and selection of appropriate Cloud vendors, negotiating vendor contracts, and managing vendor performance.
Cloud-native architecture: Talking about building applications specifically designed to run in the Cloud-native architectural style, focusing on microservices and serverless technologies.
Cloud automation: Automation of deployments, configuration, maintenance, and monitoring tasks, improving the speed and quality of Cloud migrations and integrations.
Lift-and-Shift: In this migration strategy, the existing infrastructure is migrated to the cloud without any modification. Most of the resources are simply transferred to virtual servers in the cloud to run the same applications.
Re-factoring: The application is optimized for the cloud environment by modifying its architecture, reducing its dependencies, and separating its components. This strategy is more complex than lift-and-shift but can result in better performance.
Re-platforming: A middle-ground solution between lift-and-shift and refactoring, re-platforming involves migrating some components of an application to a new platform while leaving other components in their current environment.
Hybrid: Hybrid migration involves maintaining some parts of the on-premise infrastructure while migrating others to the cloud. This strategy can ensure a smooth migration process without disrupting the entire workflow.
Multi-cloud: Multi-cloud strategy involves utilizing multiple cloud providers to take advantage of the best services each has to offer while balancing risk, cost, and performance.
Re-hosting: Also known as "lift-and-shift" this migration strategy involves moving applications from one host to another, either within the same cloud platform or onto a new cloud platform.
Cloud bursting: A strategy used to handle spikes in resource demands by temporarily moving some processes from an on-premise application to a cloud environment.
Disaster recovery: The process of replicating critical applications and data to the cloud in case of a disaster. The cloud provides an alternative location to restore business operations.
SaaS integration: Migrating traditional software applications to software-as-a-service (SaaS) cloud platforms that manage computing, storage, and network resources for the application.
PaaS integration: Platform-as-a-service (PaaS) integration involves using cloud computing platforms to host and deploy applications without having to create a traditional IT infrastructure.
IaaS integration: Infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) integration involves using cloud platforms' virtual machines for storage, computing, and networking purposes.
API integration: Integrating cloud-based APIs with on-premise software applications to leverage the functionalities of cloud services.