| copyright | lastupdated | keywords | subcollection | ||
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2020-07-10 |
cloud architect quick start, quick start guide, designing, cloud architecture, enterprise architects |
overview |
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{: #quickstart-enterprise}
This quick start guide is intended to help enterprise cloud architects understand how {{site.data.keyword.Bluemix}} can solve their business needs. {:shortdesc}
{: #prereqs-ea}
Create a Pay-As-You-Go or Subscription account to get full access to all offerings in the catalog, including offerings with free service plans. If you need multiple accounts for different departments and teams, consider creating an {{site.data.keyword.Bluemix_notm}} enterprise so that you can centrally manage billing and usage for all of the accounts.
{: #steps-ea}
- Review what {{site.data.keyword.Bluemix_notm}} has to offer to see how it fits into your company's requirements and roadmap.
- See What is the {{site.data.keyword.Bluemix_notm}} platform? for more information about the platform.
- {{site.data.keyword.Bluemix_notm}} offers end-to-end continuous security for cloud-native and enterprise applications and data. See How do I know that my data is safe? for more information.
- Learn about disaster recovery and high availability in {{site.data.keyword.Bluemix_notm}}. See How do I ensure zero downtime? for more information.
- Check out the reference architectures for {{site.data.keyword.Bluemix_notm}}. See the Architecture center{: external} for more information.
- Review case studies to learn how other companies use {{site.data.keyword.Bluemix_notm}} to achieve their business goals. See {{site.data.keyword.Bluemix_notm}} case studies{: external} for more information.
- Learn about the various options for hosting your applications, giving you as much control over the infrastructure as you want or need. For more information, see Choosing your hosting environment.
- Explore the offerings in the catalog{: external} that you can use to build your solution.
{: #next-steps-ea}
Start building an app! We have starter kits and options for you to bring your own code. Go to the Menu icon 
> Dashboard > Apps widget, and click Create an app.