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AWS Cloud Computing Concepts and Tech Analogies

This book will help understand the most essential concepts and services used in the AWS cloud. Through the journey of a fictitious company modernizing its applications, you’ll learn all about cloud tech. The book uses examples based on simple analogies from real life that you can apply to real cloud services.

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Difficulty Level

Intermediate

Completion Time

11h56m

Language

English

About Book

Who Is This Book For?

This book is for anyone who wants to learn AWS cloud computing. It explains all the foundational concepts and mechanisms in detail. So basic knowledge of IT systems or terminologies (like server, storage, IP address, and web applications) is all that you need to get started with this book.

Book content

chapters 11h56m total length

Understanding Cloud Computing – Demystifying Cloud

Global Infrastructure behind Cloud Platforms – What Is the Cloud Made of?

Computing – In Cloud We Trust, Everything Else We Compute

Storage – Where Should I Keep My Data and Maybe Publish It?

Networking – So, How Do I Get Inside, Outside, and Across the Cloud?

Databases – To SQL or Not to SQL for so Many Records…

Identity and Access Management – Who Am I and What Can I Do?

Monitoring – Is Big Brother Watching?

Scalability – I Scale to the Moon and Back

Automation – Look, My Infrastructure Is in Code!

Decoupled Architectures – in Space and Time

Containers – Contain Yourself and Ship Some Containers

Serverless – So, Where Are My Servers?

Caching – Microseconds Latency: Why Are We Always in a Rush?

Blockchain – Who Watches the Watchmen?

What the Future Holds

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