FSG - Understanding the Cloud
Learn how the Cloud works, starting with how and where it started, and how it is changing and growing.
Gain Knowledge of IaaS (infrastructure), SaaS (software), and PaaS (platforms), and why they may work for some businesses, but not to others. You will learn about the different kinds of clouds (public, private, and hybrid).
You will also look inside the engine rooms of the cloud: data centers. You will examine the concept of big data and how the cloud infrastructure enables data to zip across the globe at lightning speed. You will look at how Facebook and Twitter contribute to the cloud, and how apps go from idea to app store. You will gain an understanding of how mobile devices and major mobile ecosystems continue to shape the cloud.
Total hours – 24
This program is delivered through online learning and consists of reading, hands on assignments, knowledge quizzes and final exam.
This program is for anyone who wants to understand and utilize the cloud.
Computer and internet knowledge is an asset for the success of this program.
Open Enrollment
· Understand the basics of the cloud, and discuss what the cloud means to public, its impact on people life, and why it'll be helpful to understand how it works.
· Review the history of the cloud and how it was a natural evolution of networked computers and Internet connectivity.
· Discuss the different types of clouds: public, private, and hybrid.
· Understand what virtualization is and why it's so fundamental in how the cloud operates.
· Review three categories of cloud services: infrastructure (or Infrastructure as a Service, or IaaS), platforms (or Platform as a Service, or PaaS), and software (or Software as a Service, or SaaS), and compare its functionalities.
· Summarize data centers: how they operate, what they look like, where they're located, and what makes them tick.
· Understand how all the data in the cloud moves across continents, across the ocean, and over airwaves.
· Recognize how a well-established cloud provider organizes and presents its offerings.
· Recognize where websites fit into the cloud and what other elements, offerings, or activities are driving the adoption and popularity of the cloud and its varied services.
· Learn about the different types of devices, how they are categorized, and how they align to the types of cloud apps that are available.
· Understand how social network sites like Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter work in the cloud and how users and organizations can create apps that connect with their huge base of users.
· Underline two primary perspectives of the cloud, and the primary benefits that have propelled cloud adoption.
System Requirements:
Hardware Requirements:
- This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.
Software Requirements:
- PC: Windows 8 or later.
- Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
- Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox are preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
- Adobe Acrobat Reader.
- Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.
Other:
- Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
