Mainframe Meets Modernization: Mastering Hybrid Cloud Design

Technology advancements are happening fast, and so are a growing number of companies embracing the way to modernize IT infrastructure and hybridize their cloud architecture. Learn along with the master expert instructors in this extensive course designed for IT professionals, system architects, and leaders in businesses that have legacy mainframe systems that must be part of newer cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud.

This course digs deep to explain the needs and solutions for building hybrid cloud environments: the scope by which organizations can harness hybrid scalability, flexibility, and economics of cloud platforms; lead for business-critical on-premise mainframes. Hybrid architectures help firms modernize without fully giving up their critical legacy systems-that's what this course is designed for you to learn how to balance.

Such are hybrid cloud patterns - "Data-First" and "Lift-and-Shift" - and on-premise mainframes in contrast to the cloud, workload distribution optimization will be in focus. Of course, you'll learn relevant cloud-native tools for smooth integration, such as containers, microservices, serverless computing, or Infrastructure as Code (IaC). More importantly, you'll also be guided through DevOps strategies for hybrid systems, like Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery pipelines. These are pipelines that automate the deployment, testing, and monitoring of the deployment, testing, and monitoring of hybrid workloads.

One of the biggest pieces of this course ensures you have the right security, compliance, and governance capabilities across hybrid environments. You will learn how to safeguard your mission-critical data using data protection strategies and ensure continuous availability through disaster recovery strategies while keeping pace with strict regulatory requirements for finance, healthcare, and retail.

The companion book is actually a reference guide intended to accompany you on your journey, with material explaining how to do something in intricately detailed and providing tips with case studies of real-world implementations; so, you'll use it like a step-by-step manual when implementing hybrid cloud solutions for your organization-you will always find an expert's guidance at every step.

You leave this course understanding not only how to build scalable, secure, and efficient hybrid cloud architectures but how to lead modernization efforts within your own organization. Using this course content and the accompanying book as guides will prepare you well for tackling real-world challenges in building hybrid clouds with confidence and helping advance your IT strategy in meaningful ways.

Who this course is for:
Target audience would be: Mainframe Systems Managers, IT Infrastructure Directors/Leads, Cloud & DevOps Managers, Technical Support Engineers, and Developers & Programmers.