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Day 1 - Fundamental Cloud Computing

  • Key Terminology and Concepts in Cloud Computing
  • Virtualization Basics
  • Defining Characteristics of a Cloud Environment
  • Understanding Elasticity, Resiliency, On-Demand Access, and Measured Usage
  • Benefits, Challenges, and Risks of Modern Cloud Platforms and Services
  • Roles of Cloud Resource Administrators and Cloud Service Owners
  • Roles of Cloud Service Providers and Cloud Service Consumers
  • Cloud Delivery Models: Software as a Service (SaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), and Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
  • Combining Cloud Delivery Models
  • Deployment Models: Public, Private, Hybrid, and Community Clouds
  • Business Cost Metrics and Formulas for Comparing Cloud vs. On-Premise Costs
  • Service Level Agreements (SLAs) for Cloud-Based IT Resources
  • Formulas for Calculating and Rating SLA Quality of Service Characteristics

Cloud Technology Concepts

  • Cloud Computing Mechanisms that Form Architectural Building Blocks
  • Virtual Servers, Pre-configured Environments, Failover Systems, and Pay-for-Use Monitoring
  • Architectures for Cloud Balancing and Cloud Bursting
  • Common Risks, Threats, and Vulnerabilities of Cloud Services and Hosted Solutions
  • Cloud Security Mechanisms to Counter Threats and Attacks
  • Understanding Cloud Security Groups and Hardened Virtual Server Images
  • Methods of Cloud Service Implementation (including Web Services and REST Services)
  • Benefits and Challenges of Cloud Storage
  • Cloud Storage Services, Technologies, and Approaches
  • Non-Relational (NoSQL) Storage vs. Relational Storage
  • Considerations and Types of Cloud Service Testing

Day 3 - Fundamental Cloud Architecture

  • Technology Architectural Layers in Cloud Environments
  • Technology Architecture for Public and Private Clouds
  • Technology Architecture for IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS
  • Cloud Computing Mechanisms within Platform and Solution Architecture
  • Bare-Metal and Elastic Disk Provisioning
  • Multipath Resource Access, Broad Access, and Intelligent Automation Engines
  • Usage Tracking and Pay-as-You-Go Monitoring
  • Platform Provisioning and Rapid Provisioning
  • Resource Management and Real-Time Resource Availability
  • Shared Resources, Resource Pools, and Resource Reservation
  • Self-Service and Usage/Administration Portals
  • Workload Distribution and Service State Management
  • Additional technology architecture topics related to cloud platforms, solutions, and services may also be covered.

Advanced Cloud Architecture

  • Elastic Environments
  • Resilient Environments
  • Multi-Tenant Environments
  • Direct I/O Access and Direct LUN Access
  • Dynamic Data Normalization
  • Zero Downtime and Storage Maintenance Windows
  • Load-Balanced Virtual Servers
  • Burst In, Burst Out, and Cloud Bursting
  • Cloud Balancing
  • Redundant Storage and Storage Workload Management
  • Elastic Disk Provisioning, Elastic Resource Capacity, and Elastic Network Capacity
  • Vertical Tiering within and Across Storage Devices
  • Redundant Physical Connections for Virtual Servers and Persistent Virtual Network Configurations
  • Load-Balanced Virtual Switches and Service Load Balancing
  • Hypervisor Clusters
  • Dynamic Failure and Recovery
  • Synchronized Operating State
  • Resource Reservation
  • Additional technology architecture topics related to cloud platforms, solutions, and services may also be covered.

Day 5 - Cloud Architecture Lab

  • This hands-on lab module consists of detailed exercises where participants solve interconnected problems, aiming to evaluate, design, and refine technology architectures to meet specific solution and business automation requirements.
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