Building Distributed Event-Driven Architectures Across Multi-Cloud Boundaries

“Event-driven architecture” is a frequently discussed topic in architectural conversations. However, in today’s multi-cloud landscape, the more pressing question is: “How can we implement these patterns across cloud boundaries without compromising reliability?

While architects can create appealing event-driven designs, engineers face the daunting task of building distributed systems that must seamlessly integrate with numerous third-party services, manage cross-cloud communication, handle varying event delivery guarantees, and ensure consistency across diverse cloud services.

Key Takeaways:

  • Understanding why distributed events behave unexpectedly across cloud boundaries and how to handle it
  • Building asynchronous systems spanning multi-cloud that are resilient and perform predictably under high load
  • Enhancing observability with a focus on health checks and monitoring across cloud boundaries
  • Challenges and approaches to maintain data consistency

Interview:

What is the focus of your work?

I design cloud-native architectures that help organizations navigate complex digital transformations, with a focus on multi-cloud strategies and event-driven system design.

What’s the motivation for your talk?

My motivation behind the talk is to bridge the gap between event-driven architecture concepts and the challenging realities of implementation across cloud boundaries.

Who is your talk for?

Software architects, Cloud engineers, Technical leaders designing distributed systems and multi-cloud infrastructures

What do you want someone to walk away with from your presentation?

Practical strategies and actionable insights for building resilient, observable, and consistent distributed event-driven systems that can seamlessly operate across different cloud boundaries.

What do you think is the next big disruption in software?

Quantum computing. Its potential to revolutionize complex computational problems, particularly in sectors like finance, cybersecurity, and advanced scientific modeling is rapidly emerging.

What was one interesting thing that you learned from a previous QCon?

One interesting thing I have learned is that  QCon isn't just a conference - it's a career accelerator. Though QCon conferences may require you to put your day to day sprint tasks behind and lose your incremental progress at work, attending the QCon conference gives you exponential advancement in your career. It changes your perspective on how to look at the problems.


Speaker

Teena Idnani

Senior Solutions Architect @Microsoft, Woman in Tech Leader, Passionate about Quantum, Public Speaker, Mentor

Teena Idnani is a Woman in Tech Leader currently working as a Senior Solutions Architect at Microsoft. She helps organizations in their digital transformation journey by building scalable cloud-native architectures and provides technical leadership and architectural guidance to organizations moving to Azure. In her previous role at JPMC, she was responsible for setting up the Azure platform at the bank, aligning with their multi-cloud provider strategy and enabling various teams as they migrate and modernize their applications on Azure.

In recent years, she has developed a strong interest in quantum computing and has been researching and advocating for its potential applications, particularly in the finance sector.

Her journey in technology has led her to speak at various industry conferences, where she has shared insights on cloud migration, application modernization, event-driven architectures, and the prospects of quantum technologies in the industry.

She also regularly mentors aspiring technologists, with a focus on supporting women in tech.

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