Four key tips for building your best cloud architecture

Four essential tips to help build a sound cloud architecture

Cloud architecture is more art than science. Building a solid architecture takes a broad understanding of both IT in general and cloud specifically, and it also takes lots of up-front work. In this podcast, David Linthicum shares four key tips for building a sound cloud architecture: Focus on the business value, build in security and governance from the get-go, have a solid plan for ops and tech, and test as you go to ensure the final product meets your needs from day one.

[Success is about] looking for that optimization. It's looking for the ability to bring as much value back to the business that we can through the configuration of this technology.

As the chief cloud strategy officer for Deloitte Consulting LLP, David Linthicum is responsible for building innovative technologies that help clients operate more efficiently while delivering strategies that enable them to disrupt their markets.

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