Cloud Computing Training

Outline:

Introduction to Cloud Computing

•   Defining cloud computing

•   Components of a computing cloud

•   Differentiating types of clouds: public, private, hybrid

•   Delivering services from the cloud

•   Categorizing service types

•   Comparing vendor cloud products: Amazon, Google, Microsoft and others

Adopting the Cloud

•   Key drivers of cloud computing solutions

•   Instantaneous provisioning of computing resources

•   Handling varied loads with elasticity and seamless scalability

•   Tapping into an infinite storage capacity

•   Cost-effective pay-as-you-use billing models

•   Evaluating barriers to cloud computing

•   Handling sensitive data

•   Aspects of cloud security

•   Assessing governance solutions

Exploiting Software as a Service ( SaaS )

•   Characterizing SaaS

•   Minimizing the need for local hardware and software

•   Streamlining administration with centralized installation and updates

•   Optimizing cost and performance with the ability to scale on demand

•   Comparing service scenarios

•   Improving collaboration with business productivity tools

•   Simplifying business process creation by integrating existing components

•   Inspecting SaaS technologies

•   Deploying Web applications

•   Implementing Web services: SOAP, REST

•   Choosing a development platform

Delivering Platform as a Service (PaaS)

•   Exploring the technical foundation for PaaS

•   Specifying the components of PaaS

•   Analyzing vendor PaaS provisions

•   Selecting an appropriate implementation

•   Building services with solution stacks

•   Evaluating the architecture of vendor specific platforms

•   Becoming familiar with service platform tools

•   Leveraging the power of scalable middleware

•   Managing cloud storage

•   Controlling unstructured data in the cloud

•   Deploying relational databases in the cloud

•   Improving data availability

•   Employing support services

•   Testing in the cloud

•   Monitoring cloud-based services

•   Analyzing portability across platforms

Deploying Infrastructure as a Service ( IaaS )

•   Enabling technologies

•   Scalable server clusters

•   Achieving transparency with platform virtualization

•   Elastic storage devices

•   Accessing IaaS

•   Provisioning servers on demand

•   Handling dynamic and static IP addresses

•   Tools and support for management and monitoring

Building a Business Case

•   Calculating the financial implications

•   Analyzing current and future computing requirements

•   Comparing in-house facilities to the cloud

•   Estimating economic factors downstream

•   Preserving business continuity

•   Selecting appropriate service-level agreements

•   Safeguarding access to assets in the cloud

•   Security, availability and disaster recovery strategies

Migrating to the Cloud

•   Technical considerations

•   Rearchitecting applications for the cloud

•   Integrating the cloud with existing applications

•   Avoiding vendor lock-in

•   Planning the migration

•   Incremental vs

•   one-step solution

•   Selecting a vendor

•   Establishing staff skill requirements