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Cloud architecture: Example 2

Cloud architecture: Example 2

- [Instructor] Continuing with our Henry's Hammocks example, the business is rapidly expanding and needs to migrate its applications and data to the cloud. This solution might involve two different types of clouds. The first is an infrastructure as a service, or IaaS provider, such as Amazon Web Services or AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud. While some solutions require leveraging more than a single cloud provider, let's assume that for this example, that a single infrastructure as a service provider is sufficient. The second type is a software as a service or a SaaS provider. In Henry's case, this could be an accounting application delivered over the internet designed to handle sales management, accounting, and manufacturing management. A key part of the cloud architecture challenge here is integrating the infrastructure as a service cloud with the software as as service cloud so that data and processes can be efficiently shared. For instance, we need to access information such…

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