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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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Flexible deadlines

Reset deadlines in accordance to your schedule.

Shareable Certificate

Earn a Certificate upon completion

100% online

Start instantly and learn at your own schedule.

Approx. 6 hours to complete

English

Subtitles: English

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Blaine Sundrud
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Senior Technical Trainer

AWS Training and Certification

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5 Courses

Alana Layton

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6,431 Learners

3 Courses

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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.

Coursera and AWS have been partners since 2017 providing learners and enterprises globally, the skills they need to succeed. Coursera builds on AWS servers to scale with student demand with confidence around capacity and elasticity and in partnership with AWS. In 2019, Coursera achieved Advanced Tier Partner status and further extended the partnership with AWS Educate, AWS EdStart and AWS Academy collaborations. Coursera's been able to make cloud skills more accessible with 8 AWS courses on the Coursera platform featuring top subject matter experts and the portfolio continues to grow. To learn more about AWS, visit https://aws.amazon.com.

Syllabus - What you will learn from this course

Week

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 Procurement3m

Meet the Instructors2m

Introduction to Week 15m

Cloud Adoption Parts4m

Rethinking Procurement3m

Educating Internal Stakeholders on Buying Cloud3m

Separate Infrastructure from Services/Labor2m

5 readings

Pre-Course Survey10m

Reading 1.1 - Introduction10m

Reading 1.2 - Cloud Adoption Parts10m

Reading 1.3 - Procurement Foundations: Summary 10m

Mid-Course Survey10m

1 practice exercise

Week 1 Quiz15m

Week

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 257s

Pricing5m

Introduction to Exercise 11m

Security8m

Data Sovereignty and Data Residency3m

Sustainability3m

Governance and Operationalization5m

Terms and Conditions5m

8 readings

Reading 2.0 - Pricing10m

Exercise 120m

Reading 2.1 - Security 10m

Reading 2.2 - Data Sovereignty and Data Residency5m

Reading 2.3 - Sustainability10m

Reading 2.4 - Governance10m

Reading 2.5: Key Aspects of Procurement: Summary10m

Exercise 2: Shared Responsibility Model Drag & Drop10m

2 practice exercises

Exercise 2 Feedback2m

Week 2 Quiz20m

Week

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 31m

Working with the AWS Partner Network2m

Procurement Vehicle Global Examples1m

Answering Common Procurement Questions8m

Talking About Migrations5m

Course Wrap-Up1m

6 readings

Reading 3.1: Working with Partners10m

Reading 3.15 - Procurement Vehicle Global Examples10m

Reading 3.2 - Answering additional common cloud procurement questions10m

Reading 3.3: Making it Real10m

Reading 3.4 - Additional Resources10m

Post-Course Survey10m

2 practice exercises

Week 3 Quiz10m

Final Assessment20m

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