Mastering Cloud Operations

Note: This Preview Edition excerpt from O’Reilly’s Mastering Cloud Operations includes Chapters 1 and 2.

After moving their workloads to the cloud, many companies encounter issues with legacy processes and organizational structures. How do you design new operating models for this environment? This practical book shows IT managers and DevOps practitioners how to address the hardest part of any cloud transformation: the people and the processes.

Authors Mike Kavis and Ken Corless explore the lessons learned from enterprises in the midst of cloud transformations. You’ll learn how to rethink your approach from a technology, process, and organizational standpoint to realize the promise of cost optimization, agility, and innovation that public cloud platforms provide.

• Learn the difference between working in a datacenter and operating in the cloud
• Explore patterns and anti-patterns for organizing cloud operating models
• Learn how to make the organizational changes required for a move to the cloud
• Understand why Site Reliability Engineering is essential for cloud operations
• Improve organizational performance through value stream mapping
• Learn how companies are proactively ensuring compliance in the cloud