Introduction To Cloud Computing

Audience

Anyone interested in learning cloud computing technologies.

Prerequisites

There are no prerequisites for this course.

Course Objectives

In this Introduction to Cloud Computing training course, you will gain a solid understanding of the fundamental concepts and architecture of cloud computing and of the design and deployment of a cloud computing platform.

According to the definition of cloud computing from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), IT services that are delivered as cloud services offer:

• A pay-as-you-go model with minimal or no initial costs.

• Usage-based pricing, so that costs are based on actual usage.

• Elasticity, so that users can dynamically consume more or less resources.

• Location independence, high availability, and fault tolerance.

• Ubiquitous access to services, where users can access services from any location using any form factor.

Upon completion of this course, you will learn to:

• Describe features, benefits, and operation of cloud computing.

• Understand the evolution of the cloud computing.

• Learn about common platforms and applications.

• List cloud computing products and services.

• Explore pros and cons of implementing a cloud computing platform.

• Understand cloud computing deployment strategies and transitions.

• Describe cloud computing standards and best practices.

• Understand Governing and Operation in the Cloud.

• Appreciate security concerns for the Cloud.

• Understand Compliance Requirements.

• Describe Disaster Recovery, application, data integrity and privacy.

Course Content

• Introduction to Cloud Computing

  • What is cloud Computing?

  • A Global View of Cloud Computing.

  • Cloud Architecture.

  • Provision of computational resources on demand.

  • Applications, databases, file services, emails.

  • Key Characteristics.

  • Benefits of Cloud Computing.

  • The Evolution of Cloud Computing.

  • Components of a computing cloud.

  • Public, private, and hybrid cloud.

  • Delivering services from the cloud.

• How Cloud Works

  • Comparisons.

  • Characteristics.

  • Architecture.

  • History.

  • Key characteristics.

  • Cloud Layers.

• Cloud Deployment Models

• Technical Description of Cloud

• End-User Access to Cloud Computing

• Adopting the Cloud

• Cloud Computing Products Overview

• Planning A Migration to Cloud

• Securing the Cloud