Cloud Computing Fundamentals

Cloud computing is massively growing in importance in the IT and ICT sectors as more and more companies are moving applications and business processes to the cloud. This course provides IT and ICT professionals with a working definition of cloud computing, explores the technological precursors of today's cloud, as well as the current technologies the cloud is dependent on. Also covered are the benefits and drawbacks of cloud computing for the IT department and business as a whole. It then explores in more detail the different types of services that have become available in the cloud with examples of key pioneers in those areas. Additional topics include virtualization and data centers; storing and managing cloud data; migrating to the cloud; and identify, presence, and privacy.

 

Course Highlights

	Describe the development of computing from mainframes to the cloud
	List the key technologies that enable cloud computing
	Recognize STaaS, CaaS, BPaaS, and other cloud service models
	Evaluate security issues in cloud services against traditional IT
	Evaluate cloud services in a number of areas including levels of control and interoperability
	Describe the function of service-level agreements in cloud services
	Describe use cases for the cloud from the perspective of users and different types of business
	Describe compliance and regulatory issues as they pertain to the cloud
	Describe the barriers to cloud adoption and changing attitudes to cloud
	Describe how cloud services can be stacked to form complete solutions
	Describe the Infrastructure as a Service or IaaS cloud service model
	Describe the Platform as a Service or PaaS cloud service model
	Describe the Software as a Service or SaaS cloud service model
	Describe the cost of cloud computing compared to traditional IT in terms of Capital Expense or CAPEX and Operational Expense or OPEX
	Describe the four main cloud deployment models
	Describe costing considerations for different cloud deployment models
	Assess an application's suitability to move to the cloud
	Determine the suitability for given IT services to be moved to the cloud
	Describe the key terms associated with virtualization
	Describe the processes and components of hardware virtualization

 

Cancellation Policy

All BICSI Connect courses are nonrefundable and nontransferable.

 

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