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Cloud Computing For Beginners

Store data, run programs & handle backups with your internet-friendly cloud skills, and get hired fast at top companies worldwide.

10 Interactive Lessons and 101 topics mapped to the official exam objectives
161 Practice Test Questions

Beginner Self-paced · 1 year access

10Interactive Lessons

101Topics

161Practice Test Questions

9Videos

49Flashcards

49Glossary of terms

01 / Skills you'll get

What you will be able to do

Cloud skills play a key role in building & storing an organization’s precious data.

From cloud adoption to migration, build enterprise strategies & learn cloud skills from scratch with practical study material & case studies. Share data with the help of the internet and deliver it every time from any part of the world.

Get interactive lessons & practice with gamified assessments. Execute cloud deployment & scale to new heights with our cloud computing course.

Unlock the core principles & knowledge of cloud computing.
Work with cloud platforms like AWS, OpenNebula, Azure, Hadoop, and GAE.
Practice on cloud deployment models - public, private, & hybrid.
Identify and address security issues in cloud environments.
Develop, plan, and execute cloud adoption & migration.
Learn about cloud service models like IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS.
Understand troubleshooting methodology.
Troubleshoot cloud networking & security issues.

Course Highlights

10 Structured Lessons Comprehensive coverage of core course objectives
161 Practice Questions Assessment tests with detailed answer rationales
1 Year Full Access Self-paced learning accessible anytime on all devices

02 / Lessons & labs

See exactly what you will learn and practice

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Lessons

10 Interactive Lessons · 101 topics

01 Preface

02 Foundation of Cloud Computing 10 topics

Introduction to cloud computing
History of cloud computing
Fundamentals of the cloud computing ecosystem
Cloud computing characteristics
Advantages and disadvantages of cloud computing
Comparison of traditional and cloud computing paradigms
Evaluating the cloud's business impact and economics
Business drivers of cloud computing adoption
Future of the cloud (FoC)
Summary

03 Cloud Services and Deployment Models 5 topics

Cloud deployment models
Cloud Service Models
Cloud infrastructure mechanisms
Cloud service management
Summary

04 Cloud Computing Architecture 7 topics

Cloud computing architecture design principles
CCLC (Cloud Computing Life Cycle)
Cloud computing reference architecture
Load balancing approach
Mobile cloud computing (MCC)
Case study - Oracle cloud management
Summary

05 Virtualization Technology 12 topics

Understanding virtualization
Adopting virtualization
Techniques of virtualization
How virtualization works?
XEN
Kernel-based virtual machine (KVM)
VMware
VirtualBox
Citrix
Types of Virtualization
Virtualization in Cloud
Summary

06 Service oriented Architecture 10 topics

SOA foundation
Web Services and SOA
SOA communication
SOA components
SOA Infrastructure
Need of SOA
Business Process Management (BPM)
Business Process Management Platform as a Service - BPM PaaS
Business Process as a Service-BPaaS
Summary

07 Cloud Security and Privacy 26 topics

Cloud security
Cloud CIA security model
Cloud computing security architecture
Service provider security issues
Security issues in virtualization
Cloud legal issues
Performance monitoring and management of cloud services
Legal issues in cloud computing
Data security in cloud
The cloud risk management framework
Risk management process for cloud consumers
Requirement for risk management in ISO/IEC 27001
Data privacy risks in the cloud
Business continuity and disaster recovery
Threats in cloud
Security techniques for threats protection
Cloud service level agreements (SLA) practices
Components of a cloud SLA
Types of SLAs
Cloud vendors
Issues of Quality of Cloud Services
Techniques for providing QoS to the cloud applications
Migration of a local server into cloud
Migration steps
Trust management
Summary

08 Cloud Computing Applications 9 topics

Introducing cloud computing applications
Google App Engine
Google Apps
Google Cloud Datastore
Dropbox Cloud
Apple iCloud
Microsoft Windows Azure Cloud
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Summary

09 Cloud Computing Technologies, Platforms and Services 16 topics

High-performance computing with cloud technologies
Message Passing Interface (MPI)
MapReduce programming model
Dryad and DryadLINQ
Eucalyptus cloud platform
Components of Eucalyptus
OpenNebula cloud platform
Layers of OpenNebula
Features of OpenNebula
OpenStack cloud platform
OpenStack components
Benefits of OpenStack
Nimbus Cloud Computing Platform
Features of Nimbus
The Apache Hadoop ecosystem
Summary

10 Adoption of Cloud Computing 6 topics

Adoption of cloud computing in the current era Cloud computing in the IT industry
Factors affecting cloud computing adoption
Cloud computing existing areas of application
Case studies
Cloud computing certifications
Summary

03 / FAQs

Questions before you start

What is meant by Cloud Computing?

Cloud computing is about delivering computing services—like servers, storage, databases, networking, software, analytics, and intelligence—over the internet. It eliminates the use of physical data centers and servers, you access these resources on demand from a cloud provider.

What are the 4 types of cloud computing?

Public, private, hybrid & multi-cloud

Who should take a Cloud Computing course?

Students
Aspiring IT Professionals
Career Changers
Business professionals

What are the career opportunities in Cloud Computing?

There are several job opportunities for cloud computing professionals -

Cloud Engineer
Cloud Administrator
Cloud Architect
Cloud Security Engineer
Cloud Consultant
Cloud Software Developer
DevOps Engineer
Data Engineer (Cloud)
Solutions Architect

What are the key skills needed for Cloud Computing?

Our course helps you learn the following cloud computing skills with hands-on labs & gamified assessments -

Cloud Platform Knowledge - AWS, Azure & GCP
Virtualization - VMs & containers
Networking - TCP/IP, DNS & routing
Security - IAM, encryption & firewalls
Linux/Windows Administration - OS management
Scripting/Automation - Python, Bash & PowerShell
Problem-Solving: troubleshooting & debugging

Acquire Cloud Computing Skills Practically

Join cloud computing for beginners and take your career to the clouds!

1 year of full access
Certificate of completion