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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

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