Best-selling author Thomas Erl has brought together the first de facto catalog of design patterns for modern cloud technology architectures, platforms and practices. More than two years in development, the 80+ patterns covered in this book illustrate proven architectural and design solutions to the most common problems and requirements for cloud-based solution design and implementation, with rich, visual documentation including 300+ diagrams. Erl and his colleagues document dozens of cloud computing mechanisms, each representing a well-defined component common to cloud-based environments.