Our Introduction to Cloud Computing training course is aimed at people who need to get past the hype and jargon surrounding the Cloud, and quickly understand the benefits and risks of using and relying upon widely distributed hosted services.

We’ll take a frank and candid look at some of the key Cloud platforms and service providers, such as Microsoft Azure, Amazon EC2, Google, and IBM.

You’ll also get the opportunity to discuss some of the key aspects and drivers for leveraging your own existing and future IP through Cloud-based products and services.

• Key Cloud Computing concepts
• Software as a Service (SaaS)
• Infrastructure as a Service(IaaS)
• Platform as a Service (PaaS)
• Consuming Cloud Services
• Business Drivers & Benefits of moving to the Cloud
• Limitations & Pitfalls
• Key Cloud Service Providers & Platforms
• Accountability Scalability Worst-case scenarios and Fall-back plans
• Cloud Security
• Overview of creating own Cloud Services

Delegates will typically be involved in planning & managing IT projects or infrastructure. The course is ideal for IT Directors, Project Managers, Business Analysts and software developers who want to improve their feel for current web technologies and trends.

No hands-on experience of software or web development is required, but a general understanding of the relationship between clients (for instance your web browser or phone) and web servers would be useful.

What is "the Cloud?" anyway?

A brief history of the Internet's evolution to date - from static web pages to data-driven interactive-video-streaming server farms under mountains. Appropriate and inappropriate usage scenarios

Key Cloud Computing concepts

Components Infrastructure Cloud Applications Software in the Cloud Hardware in the Cloud

Cloud Services

• Software as a Service (SaaS)
• Infrastructure as a Service(IaaS)
• Platform as a Service (PaaS)

Consuming Services

• Web Browser
• Web Services / WebSockets / other APIs
• Mobile Phones & Tablet PCs

Benefits of moving to the Cloud

Simplicity of implementation Licensing Version control Interoperability Scablitity

Limitations & Pitfalls

Losing control over your data Reliance on communications / networking

Key Cloud Service Providers & Platforms

Google Amazon Microsoft Azure Force.com EMC

Business Drivers

Convincing the Boardroom Operational and Financial Benefits Presenting a case

Selecting the right Cloud provider

Accountability Scalability Worst-case scenarios and Fall-back plans

Cloud Security

Security considerations The importance of security policies, and culture change An overview of Encryption

Creating your own Cloud Services

Understanding your business model and whether it will work in the Cloud
Great time to re-engineer your processes!
Leveraging your existing code and data
More on Security Quality Assurance and Compliance
Overview of PCI DSS data security standards

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