Course Overview
This course provides knowledge in the key features of Cloud Computing, basic concepts of virtualization and data centers, Cloud Computing architectures and deployment models, Cloud Computing market and main players, management issues and standardization, risks and security aspects, law regulations and planning of application oriented Cloud Computing solutions.
Who should attend
Account Manager, Sales Manager, Project Manager and all other employees who need an overview in Cloud Computing.
Prerequisites
No technical prerequisites.
Course Content
- Introduction in Cloud Computing
- Define main Cloud Computing characteristics
- Assess history, roadmap and trends of Cloud Computing
- Business models and scenarios
- Key features of Cloud Computing
- Services, SLAs, QoS, resource provisioning, automation, elasticity, virtualization and management issues
- Assess technological and financial advantages and disadvantages of Cloud Computing
- Virtualization and Data Center
- Basic concepts of virtualization and data center management
- Types of virtualization and technologies
- management of physical and virtual data centers and technologies
- Cloud Computing Architectures and Services
- Software as a Service (SaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
- User issues of service models and architectures
- Technology and capabilities of Cloud service models and architectures for different kind of applications
- Cloud Computing Deployment Models
- Private Cloud
- Public Cloud
- Hybrid Cloud
- Cloud Computing Market
- Basic characteristics and trends of Cloud Computing market
- Cloud Computing market size, sectors, main players, geographical and sectorial market impacts, Open Source Cloud Computing technology impact
- Assess main players and their technology impact in Cloud Computing market (e.g. SalesForce.com, VMware, EyeOS, IBM Cloud Computing, Google, Azure – Microsoft Cloud OS, Amazon EC2 (Elastic Cloud Computing), OpenNebula, Red Hat, Zimory, Z-Commerce Platform)
- Security aspects and risks of Cloud Computing
- Security aspects (storage, control, processor, hypervisor, computing and network infrastructure, data and testing environment)
- Evaluate security technologies
- Risk management and mitigation strategies
- Management aspects of Cloud Computing infrastructures
- Different aspects of management of Cloud Computing infrastructures focusing on identity and policy, service performance and QoS, monitoring and costs, reliability, security, risks and scalability
- Assess technology solutions for automated management
- Law regulations and standardization of Cloud Computing infrastructures
- State-of-the art of law regulations for Cloud Computing infrastructures
- Standardization of Cloud Computing technology
German
Germany