Atchison Academy™

This course will show you the guiding principles and policies you need to understand to keep your cloud-based and cloud-native application safe and secure.

This course is an introduction to the popular O’Reilly Media book, Architecting for Scale, written by Lee Atchison. Go deep into two key concepts from the book, and get a taste of what else is available in the book.

Ever wondered what it would be like to be a cloud architect? Are you looking to boost your career? Learn how to thrive in this exciting, ever-evolving field.

Are you an experienced software developer looking to become a software architect? Or have you recently been promoted to an architectural role in your organization? This transition is not as straightforward as you might expect.

If you’re an IT professional, you already know that new architectural patterns and concepts are changing the way we design for the cloud. This is especially true in today’s remote and hybrid work environment, where choosing the right type of cloud platform can determine the success and functionality of your entire IT enterprise.

If you work in enterprise IT, you may be interested in finding out more about the benefits of having a Cloud Center of Excellence (CCoE) in your organization. A CCoE can be a key component to successful cloud adoption, management, and optimization.

The decision-makers who green-light new projects and ventures at your company may not be familiar with the benefits and risks associated with the cloud, which is why it’s important for IT teams to frame cloud discussions in a way that resonates with these executives.

When you’re presenting the idea of a cloud migration to executives, you need to frame the discussion in a context that makes clear to everyone what the benefits, risks, and considerations are.

Corporate mergers, while common, are invariably complex—particularly for IT teams.

What’s involved in being part of a post-acquisition IT merger? How will your organization change? What can you do to make the process smoother, and position yourself to be in a better career position within the merged company?

Understanding service priority for development management and assigning priority to application issues and problems. Learn how to assign priority to application issues and problems across service boundaries and ownership.

Understanding and managing risk in modern application development and operation. Learn how to role of risk and how to manage it in the development and operation of modern digital applications. Learn how risk can be your ally and help solve your pressing application issues.

Single Team Oriented Service Architecture. STOSA is an important guiding principle for organizations, describing a set of criteria for service ownership and management of a modern application in a modern digital business. STOSA enables scalable organizations to operate scalable applications.