The Official CompTIA® Cloud Essentials

Course Length:

2 days

Course Description

Overview:

The dynamic business environment today may increase IT demands tremendously. And, you need to meet the demands to ensure the survival of your organization in the market. Needless to say, you must make plans to meet the demands within limited resources of finance, people, and technology. This is exactly what cloud computing can provide to your business. In this course, you will weigh the pros and cons of cloud computing to make effective decisions in meeting the IT challenges.

With IT woven into the effective functioning of every business, there is a greater dependency on the ready availability and deployability of IT infrastructure. Cloud computing offers solutions that enable businesses optimize their IT usage. Therefore, it is critical that every IT and business specialist gains insight into the advantages and disadvantages offered by this business computing model.

Course Objectives:

In this course, you will weigh the pros and cons of cloud computing to make effective decisions and meet IT challenges.

You will:

Learn the fundamental concepts of cloud computing.
Learn the business aspects and impact of cloud computing.
Differentiate the types of cloud solutions and the adoption measures needed for each.
Identify the technical challenges and the mitigation measures involved in cloud computing.
Identify the steps to successfully adopt cloud services.
Identify the basic concepts of ITIL and describe how the ITIL framework is useful in the implementation of cloud computing in an organization.
Identify the possible risks involved in cloud computing and the risk mitigation measures, and you will also identify the potential cost considerations for the implementation of cloud and its strategic benefits.

Target Student:

This course is relevant to IT specialists, IT technical services specialists, IT relationship managers, IT architects, consultants, business and IT management, business process owners, and analysts.

Course Content

Lesson 1: Introduction to Cloud Computing

Topic A: Overview of Cloud Computing

Topic B: Evolution of the Cloud

Topic C: Specialized Cloud Services

Lesson 2: Business Value of Cloud Computing

Topic A: Business Need for Cloud Computing

Topic B: Cloud Scalability

Topic C: Cloud Security

Topic D: Impact of Cloud Computing on Business

Lesson 3: Technical Perspectives of Cloud Computing

Topic A: The Cloud Deployment Models

Topic B: Network Requirements for Cloud Deployment

Topic C: Automation and Self-Service in Cloud Computing

Topic D: Federated Cloud Services

Topic E: Standardization

Lesson 4: Technical Challenges of Cloud Computing

Topic A: Cloud Storage

Topic B: Application Performance

Topic C: Data Integration

Topic D: Security Risks and Mitigation

Topic E: Application Architecture and the Development Process

Lesson 5: Steps to Successful Adoption of Cloud Services

Topic A: Steps to Adopting Cloud Services

Topic B: Organizational Capability to Adopt Cloud Services

Topic C: Cloud Vendor Roles and Capabilities

Topic D: Migrating Applications to the Cloud

Lesson 6: ITIL and Cloud Computing

Topic A: Overview of ITIL

Topic B: Planning Service Strategy

Topic C: Designing Cloud Service

Topic D: Transitioning to Live Environment

Topic E: Running a Cloud Service Operation

Topic F: Continual Service Improvement with the Cloud

Lesson 7: Identifying Risks and Consequences

Topic A: Organizational Risks

Topic B: Technical Risks

Topic C: Legal Risks

Topic D: Cost Evaluation for Cloud Computing

Topic E: Identify Maintenance Aspects of Strategic Flexibility

Appendix A: Taking the Exams

Appendix B: Mapping Course Content to the CompTIA® Cloud Essentials® (Exam CLO-001) Exam Objectives

Appendix C: CompTIA® Cloud Essentials® (Exam CLO-001) Acronyms

Prerequisites:

This course is the first step on a training path that can lead to a technical career dealing with cloud computing. CompTIA recommends that a candidate have at least six months of experience in an IT environment, with direct involvement in IT-related tasks, responsibilities and/or decision-making.

The exam is the CompTIA® Cloud Essentials® Exam CLO-001, which can be booked directly with My Digital College, for either classroom based or virtual courses.

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