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

1. Cloud Reference Model

• Objectives
• Cloud Computing Stack
• Cloud Infrastructure
• Cloud Storage
• Cloud Platform
• Cloud Services
• Cloud Applications
• Categorizing Clouds
• Scoping Clouds
• Cloud Types
• Cloud Roles
• Cloud Solution Stacks
• Solution Stack – Cloud Desktop
• Solution Stack – Cloud Software
• Solution Stack – Cloud Service
• Solution Stack – Cloud Processing
• Solution Stack – Cloud Storage
• Summary

2. Cloud Layering

• Objectives
• Cloud Application Services
• Cloud Business Services
• Composite Cloud Services
• Cloud Security Services
• Cloud Data Services
• Orchestration in the Cloud
• Summary

3. Cloud Development Life Cycle

• Objectives
• Cloud Development Life Cycle
• Requirements Discovery
• Analysis & Design
• Development
• Testing
• Deployment
• Monitoring
• Retirement
• Summary

4. Requirements Discovery

• Objectives
• Discovery Workshops
• Cloud Requirements
• Scoping Cloud Requirements
• Documenting Expected, Average, and Peak Usage
• Defining Cloud Service Levels
• Discovery Best Practices
• Discovery Gotchas
• Summary

5. Analysis & Design

• Objectives
• Analyzing Cloud Requirements
• Mapping Cloud Requirements to Usage Scenarios
• Designing Cloud Solutions
• Designing Cloud Service Interfaces
• Designing for Cloud Functional Requirements
• Designing for Cloud Non-functional Requirements
• Analysis & Design Best Practices
• Analysis & Design Gotchas
• Summary

6. Design Strategies

• Objectives
• Designing for Cloud Availability
• Designing for Cloud Security
• Designing for Cloud Storage
• Designing for Cloud Management
• Designing for Cloud Maintainability
• Designing for Cloud Service Reuse
• Designing for Cloud Agility
• Designing for Cloud Usability
• Summary

7. Development

• Objectives
• Implementing Cloud Services
• Building Composite Solutions
• Creating Services for Amazon
• Testing Amazon Cloud Services
• Deploying Amazon Services
• Consuming Amazon Services
• Creating Services for Google
• Testing Google Cloud Services
• Deploying Google Services
• Consuming Google Services
• Summary

8. Cloud Governance

• Objectives
• Top Cloud Computing Consumer Risks
• Top Cloud Computing Provider Risks
• Risk Mitigation
• Defining Cloud Governance
• Cloud Governance Model
• Key Artifacts
• Governance Life Cycle
• Policies and Procedures
• Roles and Responsibilities
• Governance Best Practices
• Governance Gotchas
• Summary

9. Cloud Service Level Agreements (SLAs)

• Objectives
• The Importance of Cloud SLAs
• What Belongs in a Cloud SLA?
• Minimal Cloud SLA
• Robust Cloud SLA
• Governing Cloud Service Quality
• Supporting Clouds
• Summary

10. Cloud Patterns & Anti-Patterns

• Objectives
• Business Patterns
• Architecture Patterns
• Technology Patterns
• Organization Patterns
• Governance Patterns
• Anti-pattern #!
• Anti-pattern #2
• Anti-pattern #3
• Anti-pattern #4
• Key Success Factors in the Cloud
• Summary