Udemy: A Practical Introduction to Cloud Computing

Cloud Computing made simple with real world practical examples. This course is designed to clear up the many misunderstandings about Cloud Computing and to give you a crystal clear and easy to understand explanation of exactly what it is, how it works, the different options available, the advantages provided and how much it's going to cost. In this course, you will learn to:

● Accurately define what Cloud Computing is and is not
● Understand the building blocks of Cloud Computing
● Understand the IaaS options including virtual machines on shared physical servers, virtual machines on dedicated servers, and dedicated bare-metal servers
● Deploy an application on IBM Bluemix PaaS
● List the advantages of Cloud Computing over traditional deployment models
● Understand how Cloud Computing differs from traditional IT deployment models
● Define IaaS, PaaS, SaaS and XaaS and understand how they differ from each other
● Deploy a virtual machine on Amazon Web Services IaaS
● Give examples of SaaS services they have already signed up for
● Perform a TCO cost comparison between an On Premises or Cloud deployment for a real world IT workload
Target audience: Any decision maker or IT professional who needs an easy to understand explanation of Cloud Computing.

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