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Cloud Architecture for Scalable Systems
Vendor-neutral cloud architecture from the architect's seat — deployment models, managed services, infrastructure as code, cloud-native design, cost as a first-class constraint, and migration planning.
Learn more → CourseraScalable Availability in Software Architecture
Practical techniques for designing modern, high-scale applications that maintain strong availability while managing complexity, risk, and service dependencies.
Learn more → LinkedIn LearningSoftware Architecture: From Developer to Architect
What actually changes when a developer becomes a software architect, and how to make that transition on purpose.
Learn more → O'Reilly MediaCloud Migration Fundamentals: Best Practices for Moving to the Cloud
The strategies and practices that move a migration from a slide deck to a running system, without the outage nobody planned for.
Learn more → LinkedIn LearningAvoiding Bad Decisions in Your Cloud Strategy
The decisions that quietly sink a cloud strategy after it's already running — misjudged security, blurry roles, cost that gets away from you — and how to catch them before they become expensive.
Learn more → LinkedIn LearningCloud Architecture: Advanced Concepts
Lee's longest and newest LinkedIn Learning course: architecting a cloud infrastructure end to end, from core cloud types through serverless, security, AI, the edge, and sustainability.
Learn more → LinkedIn LearningFraming Cloud Discussions for the C-Suite
Translating cloud decisions into language a C-suite audience will actually engage with, whatever the specific decision is.
Learn more → LinkedIn LearningUnderstanding the Impact of a Merger for IT Teams
Navigating a merger from the IT seat: overlapping systems, competing architectures, and where your job actually stands.
Learn more → Coming SoonArchitecting Systems That Use AI
Architecting around AI components without inheriting their unpredictability as your own production risk.
Learn more → Coming SoonService Ownership and Criticality at Scale
Who owns a service, how critical it really is, and why most organizations can't answer either question with confidence.
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