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Introduction to Cloud Computing

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Overview

You'll learn what cloud computing actually provides, why organizations adopt it, and how cloud services are packaged, deployed, and divided between you and your provider. By the end you'll explain public, private, and hybrid models, tell Infrastructure, Platform, and Software as a Service apart, and describe how the largest providers organize their global infrastructure.

Syllabus

  • Unit 1: Cloud Computing Foundations
    • Cloud or Closet
    • Spotting Cloud Traits in Action
    • Explaining What Cloud Actually Means
  • Unit 2: Cloud Adoption Drivers
    • Matching Cloud Adoption Drivers to Scenarios
    • Understanding Cloud Cost Models
    • Briefing a Director Without Selling
  • Unit 3: Cloud Deployment Models
    • Match the Model to the Constraint
    • Identify Cloud Deployment Models
    • Placing Workloads Under Compliance Pressure
  • Unit 4: Hyperscalers and Global Infrastructure
    • Cloud Geography Vocabulary Check
    • Why Placement Decisions Matter
    • Recommending Region and Zone Placement
  • Unit 5: Cloud Service Models
    • Sorting Cloud Service Models
    • Who Manages What in the Cloud
    • Labelling Cloud Service Models
  • Unit 6: Understanding Cloud Responsibility
    • Who Owns Cloud Security Settings
    • Who Owns What in the Cloud
    • Naming Every Owner Before Go Live

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