Cloud Computing Basics

Overview/Description
This course provides IT professionals with a working definition of cloud computing, explores the technological precursors of today's cloud as well as the current technologies the cloud is dependant on. Also covered are the benefits and drawbacks of cloud computing for the IT department and business as a whole. It then explores in more detail the different types of services that have become available in the cloud with examples of key pioneers in those areas.

Target Audience
This course is intended for IT professionals including managers, engineers, and technical staff evaluating or implementing cloud computing applications and services. The course outlines the benefits and downfalls of implementing or using services in a cloud and helps IT professionals determine what types of technology or services are suitable for cloud networks and how those services are hosted in a cloud computing environment.

Expected Duration (hours)
1.5

Lesson Objectives

Cloud Computing Basics

identify key characteristics of the cloud

classify cloud adoption considerations

recognize how cloud computing has impacted different types of users

describe common barriers to cloud adoption

specify the appropriate service offering for a given scenario

distinguish between common IT management models

identify enterprise-dependent factors surrounding an organization's adoption of the cloud

determine whether and application is suited or unsuited to cloud computing

describe the key features of cloud computing

determine an enterprise's suitability to cloud computing