Course Description | Course Outline | Cloud & Virtualization Training | IT Training

1. Information Technology in the Modern Enterprise

• Objectives
• Enterprise landscape
• The state of IT
• Opportunities and challenges
• Cloud Computing 101
• Business in the Cloud
• Summary

2. The Cloud Value Proposition

• Objectives
• The Cloud Value Framework
• Typical Business Cases
• Business Case  #1
• Business Case  #2
• Business Case  #3
• Emerging Business Cases
• Potential Business Case #1
• Potential Business Case #2
• Summary

3. Real World Case Studies

• Objectives
• Case Study – Amazon
• Problem Domain
• Cloud Value for Amazon
• Results
• Case Study – Google Apps
• Problem Domain
• Cloud Value for Google
• Results
• Case Study – SalesForce.com
• Problem Domain
• Cloud Value for SalesForce
• Results
• Case Study – TuneCore
• Problem Domain
• Cloud Value for TuneCore
• Results
• Case Study – Pitney Bowes
• Problem Domain
• Cloud Value for Pitney Bowes
• Results
• Summary

4. Opportunities and Risks

• Objectives
• Understanding Cloud Types
• Data Clouds
• Service Clouds
• Interface Clouds
• Understanding Cloud Scope
• Public clouds
• Opportunities and Risks
• Private clouds
• Opportunities and Risks
• Hybrid Clouds
• Opportunities and Risks
• Evaluating Cloud Potential
• Summary

5. Cloud Adoption Strategies

• Objectives
• Pragmatic Adoption
• Wholesale Adoption
• Wholesale Pros/Cons
• Layered Adoption
• Layered Pros/Cons
• Opportunistic Adoption
• Opportunistic Pros/Cons
• Selective Adoption
• Selective Pros/Cons
• Selecting a Strategy
• Summary

6. Next Steps

• Objectives
• Potential for Cloud
• Cloud Computing Risks
• Evaluating the Cloud
• Pragmatic Adoption
• Actions and Next Steps
• Summary

Appendix A – Cloud Computing Glossary

Appendix B – Cloud Computing Roadmap