Regions and Availability Zones AWS has really mature and global infrastructure divided into Regions and Availability Zones. Region is AWS infrastructure located in one geographic location. AWS Regions provide close to each other datacenters/locations called Availability Zones (AZ) which are connected with fast, private fiber-optic networking. AZ are physically isolated so failure of one AZ …
Recently I decided to leave my current job and face new opportunities with new employer. Period between changing positions is a good moment to have some spare time for traveling. For a longer time I wanted to visit the Balkans, so choice where to go was easy. You may think now how it is related …
This is another post about TOGAF. Check other posts in the series. Objectives Phase A – Architecture Vision – is the first phase in iteration cycle, after establishing Architecture Capability in Preliminary phase. It provides a Statement of the Architecture Work that will be delivered in an iteration of the ADM cycle. It also provides the Vision …
This is another post about TOGAF. Check other posts in the series. Objectives The main objective of the Preliminary Phase is to determine and establish the Architecture Capability. This includes gathering business drivers and deciding what organizational context, structures, tools or architecture frameworks will be needed to support architecture work. Approach Where, what, why, who, and how …
Yesterday I participated in AWS workshop held in Krakow. It was great introduction to AWS with hands on experience. I could play with services that I was not familiar with, like Amazon SageMaker, Polly or QuickSight. Rapid pace, vast amount of knowledge and 9 exiting exercises! Exercise 1: Preparations Services: IAM, Cloud9, EC, AWS CLI …
This is another post about TOGAF. Check other posts in the series. What is ADM? The Architecture Development Method (ADM) provides a tested and repeatable process for developing architectures. The ADM includes establishing an architecture framework, developing architecture content, transitioning, and governing the realization of architectures. All of these activities are carried out within an iterative cycle …
This is another post about TOGAF. Check other posts in the series. To understand TOGAF components we need to speak this same language and have this same vocabulary. Before we go to TOGAF Architecture Development Method take a look on a bit boring topic which is TOGAF terminology: Architecture Domain The architectural area being considered. There …
This is the first post in the series related to TOGAF. TOGAF stands for The Open Group Architecture Framework. Recently I went through the journey to get TOGAF 9 Certified badge and I will share here basic concepts that I learned on the way. In my daily work I’m Infrastructure Architect so I design mainly Information Systems and Technology Architectures. …
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