Cloud Computing Training In-Depth: Evaluating, Designing, and Implementing Cloud Solutions

Cloud Computing Training: Evaluating, Designing, and Implementing Cloud Solutions

 

Cloud Computing Training Part 1: Understanding Cloud Computing

 

• What is Cloud Computing?
  • Definition
  • Characteristics: Elasticity, multi-tenant, on-demand, ubiquitous access, usage metering, self-service SLA-monitoring, etc.
  • Paradigm shift represented by Cloud Computing
  • Cloud Computing and Service Oriented Architecture (SOA)
  • Technology providers vs. Cloud providers vs. Cloud vendors
  • Enterprise Cloud drivers and adoption trends
  • Typical Cloud Enterprise workloads
• Enabling technologies
  • Advances in IT, telecom, Internet
  • Virtualization
  • Ubiquity of “thin client” devices
  • Availability of broadband, WiFi, 3G/4G and (soon) 5G
• Cloud reference architectures
• Cloud deployment models
  • Software as a Service (Saas)
  • Platform as a Service (PaaS)
  • Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
  • Data/Storage or Information as a Service (DaaS or INaaS)
  • Business Processes as a Service (BPaaS)
• Types of Clouds
  • Private
  • Community
  • Public
  • Hybrid
• Cloud OS types
• Why are people doing it now?
  • Vendors
  • Customers
• The case for and against the Cloud
  • Commonly cited advantages
    • Lower upfront costs; IT assets are “rented”, not owned; lower Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)
    • Reduced internal IT management and support burden
    • Increased agility and faster time-to-market
    • Optimal resource utilization
    • Short-term commitment
    • Short-notice provisioning
    • Simplified procurement for some services
    • More up-to-date technology without need for repeated procurements
    • Better ability to absorb transient demand peaks
    • Better/easier collaboration
    • Better/easier remote access to key data
    • Fewer programs on user devices needing maintenance/upgrading
    • Optimizing business model
  • Commonly cited disadvantages
    • Loss of control of data
    • Security/confidentiality issues
    • Difficulty of changing Cloud providers
• Cloud Computing economics
  • Supply side
  • Demand side
  • Track record
  • Price and value
• Cloud Computing marketplace
  • Types of offerings
  • Provider supplied apps and third party apps (marketplace)
  • Service levels: SLAs
  • Confidentiality agreements
  • Service, pricing models for some major Cloud providers
    • Microsoft Azure
    • Google Cloud
    • Amazon AWS
    • AT&T Cloud Solutions

 

Cloud Computing Training Part 2: Evaluating a Cloud Solution for Your Business

 

• Is Cloud Computing right for your business?
  • Determining if Cloud use will add value for you
  • How to maximize value of Clouds
  • Training
  • Types of users in your organization
  • Changes in way applications behave
  • Need to survey stakeholders
    • Cost
    • Staff (early adopters or resistant to change?)
    • Goals
    • Needs
    • Resistance?
    • Legacy applications
  • Can you build consensus?
    • Do you have to change organization culture?
    • Need to show how Cloud makes doing job better, faster, easier
    • Explain increased functionality available with Cloud services
  • User perspective
    • What’s in it for me?
    • Why is Cloud better for me in my job?
  • Need to work offline/without connectivity
• Planning Cloud transformations
  • Suitability/feasibility assessment for your business/application
  • Future state definition
  • Financial/economic assessment
  • Platform selection
  • Roadmap layout
• Capacity planning and disaster recovery in Cloud Computing
• Scalability, performance, Quality of Service (QoS)
• Data centers for Cloud Computing
• Issues/concerns
  • Concerns about peak/average hour demand
  • When does moving to Cloud make sense or not make sense?
  • Control
  • Access
  • Functionality
  • Data protection
• Security and privacy
  • Security basics
    • Confidentiality, integrity, availability
    • Privacy
  • Security in networked environments
  • Cloud-unique security issues
    • Data sovereignty
    • Cloud-unique vulnerabilities/challenges
    • Where is data safest?
    • Security claims/guarantees offered by providers
    • Cloud security approaches: Encryption, tokenization/obfuscation
    • Cloud security models and related patterns
    • Cloud security in mainstream vendor solutions
    • Cloud security standards
  • Mainstream Cloud security offerings: Security assessment, secure Cloud architecture design
• How to buy Cloud services: Setting up your own Cloud environment
  • Analyzing your needs
  • Choosing a Cloud provider
  • Matching your needs to offerings
  • Architectures and implementation
  • Estimating costs and savings
  • Standards and protocols
  • In-house or outsource: When does your own Cloud makes sense?
    • Type of organization
    • Unique requirements
    • Size, geographic distribution
  • Advantages
  • Problems, pitfalls
• Transitioning to Cloud
  • Planning and assessment
    • Which apps to move to/use on Cloud
    • What data should move to Cloud?
    • Staging transition
    • Verifying connectivity/access
    • Dealing with problems
    • Time frame
  • Preparing users
  • Pilot program
  • Local expert training
  • Training of all users
    • Tech, peer, moral support
    • Who are best trainers?

• Some case studies
• Group discussion and exercise: The Cloud and your own organization

 

Cloud Computing Training Part 3: Cloud Computing and Other Technologies

 

• Cloud computing and newer technologies
  • SDN and NFV
  • Big Data and Analytics
  • M2M and IoT
  • Augmented Reality in the Cloud
  • Social Media and the Cloud
  • Mobile Value Added Services in the Cloud
• Cloud Computing training wrap-up: Recap and evaluation

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