Slide 19: Common Cloud Platform Technologies
EXAMPLE CLOUD PLATFORMS BY LIFECYCLE POSITION:
PUBLIC CLOUD (Mainstream):
- AWS (Amazon Web Services)
- Microsoft Azure
- Google Cloud Platform
PRIVATE CLOUD / ON-PREMISE (Mainstream):
- VMware vSphere - Traditional virtualization
- OpenStack - Open source cloud platform
- Nutanix - Hyperconverged infrastructure
CONTAINER PLATFORMS (Mainstream to Leading Edge):
- Kubernetes - Open source container orchestration (Mainstream)
- Managed Kubernetes Services - Cloud provider offerings (Mainstream)
- Edge Kubernetes Distributions - Lightweight variants (Leading Edge)
MULTI-CLOUD MANAGEMENT (Leading Edge to Mainstream):
- Multi-cluster management platforms
- Cross-cloud orchestration tools
- Unified control planes
TECHNOLOGY SELECTION PRINCIPLES:
- ✅ Primarily Mainstream lifecycle stage (proven, supported)
- ✅ Support Leading Edge → Mainstream positioning strategy
- ✅ Enable all three architecture approaches (Enabling, Native, Agnostic)
- ✅ Meet security and compliance requirements
- ✅ Strong vendor/community support and talent pools
- ✅ Long-term support commitments (multi-year horizons)
- ✅ Broad integration ecosystem
