introduction
This course introduces you to the core concepts of cloud computing. You will gain the foundational knowledge required for understanding cloud computing from both business and practitioner perspectives. You will learn about the definition and essential characteristics of cloud computing, its history, emerging trends, and the business case for cloud computing. You also learn about the various cloud service models (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS) and deployment models (Public Cloud, Private Cloud, Hybrid Cloud) and the key components of cloud architecture (Virtualization, VMs, Storage, Networking, Containers).
Objectives
On completion of this program, the participants will be able to:
- Describe what cloud computing is.
- Describe the history of cloud computing.
- List a few use cases of cloud computing.
- Describe the characteristics of cloud computing
- Be able to describe what virtualization is.
- Understand the differences between virtualization and cloud computing.
What you'll learn
- A Brief Introduction to Cloud computing.
- what is cloud computing; cloud computing types or various mainstream cloud computing platforms such as IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, FaaS, and DaaS.
- Cloud Architecture Key Design Principles
- Components of cloud infrastructure (Regions, Availability Zones, Data Centers, Virtualization, VMs, Bare Metal, Networking, and types of cloud storage (File Storage, Block Storage, Object Storage, etc.)
- cloud computing deployment models: public, private, hybrid, community, and multi-cloud.
- Network Basics for Cloud Computing.
- Introduction to Compute Virtualization.
- Storage Virtualization Basics.
- Introduction to Virtualization Features.
- Cloud Computing Trends.
- Cost-Benefit Analysis of Cloud Computing.
- Cloud computing applications deployment models.
- cloud computing advantages.
Course content
- Overview of Cloud Computing
- Definition and essential characteristics
- A brief history and evolution of Cloud
- Key cloud service providers and their services
- Cloud Adoption and Emerging Technologies
- Business case for Cloud Computing
- Emerging technologies supported by Cloud: AI, IoT, Blockchain, Analytics
- Cloud Computing Service and Deployment Models
- Service Models: IaaS, PaaS, SaaS
- Deployment Models: Public, Private, Hybrid
- Components of Cloud Computing
- Cloud Infrastructure Overview
- Virtualization, VMs, Bare Metal
- Secure Cloud Networks
- Containers
- Cloud Storage
- Direct Attached
- File Storage
- Block Storage
- Object Storage
- Cloud Native and Emergent Cloud Trends
- Hybrid Multicloud
- Serverless
- Microservices
- Cloud Native
- Application Modernization