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How to Buy Cloud - Strategies for Cloud Procurement

Amazon Web Services

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Cloud computing represents a fundamental shift in the way that organizations operate business systems and digital services. The nature of running software workloads in the Cloud, with on-demand resources, pay-as-you-go pricing and security and compliance requirements make Cloud Acquisition processes very different from traditional IT procurement models. 
This course provides an overview of the differences, illuminates the procurement process and its key aspects, the role of key stakeholders in the organization (legal, budget/finance, security, IT, and business leadership) and how to go about planning change management with the digital transformation enabled by the cloud. It explains common pitfalls and best practices, strategies for successful cloud adoption including how to work with cloud providers, and their partners such as the APN, management and governance and success evaluation in procurement and deployment.

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Blaine Sundrud
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AWS Training and Certification

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Amazon Web Services

Since 2006, Amazon Web Services has been the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. AWS offers over 90 fully featured services for compute, storage, networking, database, analytics, application services, deployment, management, developer, mobile, Internet of Things (IoT), Artificial Intelligence, security, hybrid and enterprise applications, from 44 Availability Zones across 16 geographic regions. AWS services are trusted by millions of active customers around the world — including the fastest-growing startups, largest enterprises, and leading government agencies — to power their infrastructure, make them more agile, and lower costs.

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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course

Week1

Week 1

2 hours to complete

Week 1

2 hours to complete

7 videos (Total 24 min), 5 readings, 1 quiz

7 videos

Welcome to How to Buy Cloud - Strategies for Cloud Procurement3mMeet the Instructors2mIntroduction to Week 15mCloud Adoption Parts4mRethinking Procurement3mEducating Internal Stakeholders on Buying Cloud3mSeparate Infrastructure from Services/Labor2m

5 readings

Pre-Course Survey10mReading 1.1 - Introduction10mReading 1.2 - Cloud Adoption Parts10mReading 1.3 - Procurement Foundations: Summary 10mMid-Course Survey10m

1 practice exercise

Week 1 Quiz15m

Week2

Week 2

2 hours to complete

Week 2

2 hours to complete

8 videos (Total 35 min), 8 readings, 2 quizzes

8 videos

Introduction to Week 257sPricing5mIntroduction to Exercise 11mSecurity8mData Sovereignty and Data Residency3mSustainability3mGovernance and Operationalization5mTerms and Conditions5m

8 readings

Reading 2.0 - Pricing10mExercise 120mReading 2.1 - Security 10mReading 2.2 - Data Sovereignty and Data Residency5mReading 2.3 - Sustainability10mReading 2.4 - Governance10mReading 2.5: Key Aspects of Procurement: Summary10mExercise 2: Shared Responsibility Model Drag & Drop10m

2 practice exercises

Exercise 2 Feedback2mWeek 2 Quiz20m

Week3

Week 3

2 hours to complete

Week 3

2 hours to complete

6 videos (Total 21 min), 6 readings, 2 quizzes

6 videos

Introduction to Week 31mWorking with the AWS Partner Network2mProcurement Vehicle Global Examples1mAnswering Common Procurement Questions8mTalking About Migrations5mCourse Wrap-Up1m

6 readings

Reading 3.1: Working with Partners10mReading 3.15 - Procurement Vehicle Global Examples10mReading 3.2 - Answering additional common cloud procurement questions10mReading 3.3: Making it Real10mReading 3.4 - Additional Resources10mPost-Course Survey10m

2 practice exercises

Week 3 Quiz10mFinal Assessment20m

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