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Many traditional enterprises use legacy systems and applications that often struggle to achieve the scale and speed needed to meet modern customer expectations. Business leaders and IT decision makers constantly have to choose between maintenance of legacy systems and investing in innovative new products and services.
This course explores the challenges of an outdated IT infrastructure and how businesses can modernize it using cloud technology. It begins by exploring the different compute options available in the cloud and the benefits of each, before turning to application modernization and Application Programming Interfaces (APIs). The course also considers a range of Google Cloud solutions that can help businesses to better develop and manage their systems, such as Compute Engine, App Engine, and Apigee.

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Describe the key benefits of infrastructure and app modernization with reference to cloud technology.
Differentiate between virtual machines, containers, and Kubernetes.
Explain the Google Cloud solutions that help businesses to better manage their systems, such as App Engine and Google Kubernetes Engine.
Explain how Google Cloud solutions support app modernization and simplify API management.

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Google Cloud Training

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We help millions of organizations empower their employees, serve their customers, and build what’s next for their businesses with innovative technology created in—and for—the cloud. Our products are engineered for security, reliability, and scalability, running the full stack from infrastructure to applications to devices and hardware. Our teams are dedicated to helping customers apply our technologies to create success.

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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course

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Week1

Week 1

23 minutes to complete

Introduction

23 minutes to complete

1 video (Total 3 min), 2 readings

1 hour to complete

Module 1: Modernizing IT Infrastructure with Google Cloud

1 hour to complete

5 videos (Total 34 min)

1 hour to complete

Module 2: Modernizing Applications with Google Cloud

This module explores how businesses can modernize their existing applications and build new ones in the cloud. It focuses on five common change patterns for businesses who want to modernize their applications. Next, the module turns to some key application development challenges that businesses face, before highlighting two Google Cloud solutions for these challenges: Google Kubernetes Engine and App Engine.

1 hour to complete

5 videos (Total 19 min), 1 reading, 1 quiz

26 minutes to complete

Module 3: The Value of APIs

This module explains how APIs are a tool for both digital integration and digital transformation. It begins by defining legacy systems and the specific barriers to the demands of the digital age. It then defines APIs and explains how they can modernize legacy systems and create new business value. The module closes with a description of Apigee, an API management tool, along with customer use cases.

26 minutes to complete

5 videos (Total 16 min)

7 minutes to complete

Summary

7 minutes to complete

1 video (Total 2 min), 1 reading

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TOP REVIEWS FROM INFRASTRUCTURE AND APPLICATION MODERNIZATION WITH GOOGLE CLOUD

by YJJul 21, 2020

Thank You Brother and Sister I have gained knowledge what happening around the Google Thanks for learning this opportunity and have given special platform to us.

by PBMay 11, 2021

For a Fundemental this is great . Would request to have more Jargons explained so that a non Engineer backgroud person can gain info of .

by SPApr 25, 2020

It has been a great experience to join this course and complete it as well . I learned many new things during this session . Thank You !!

by YRDec 30, 2020

I really Enjoyed the course, the instructors are wonderful, I loved the examples and analogies throughout the course. It was very well done.

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