This course introduces you to the core concepts of cloud computing. You gain the foundational knowledge required for understanding cloud computing from a business perspective as also for becoming a cloud practitioner. You understand the definition and essential characteristics of cloud computing, its history, the business case for cloud computing, and emerging technology usecases enabled by cloud. We introduce you to some of the prominent service providers of our times (e.g. AWS, Google, IBM, Microsoft, etc.) the services they offer, and look at some case studies of cloud computing across industry verticals.
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About this Course
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Try Coursera for BusinessWhat you will learn
Define cloud computing and explain essential characteristics, history, the business case for cloud, and the emerging technologies enabled by cloud
Describe the cloud service models Describe cloud service models, cloud deployment models, and cloud infrastructure
Explain emerging Cloud related trends including HybridMulticloud, Microservices, Serverless, Cloud Native, DevOps, and Application Modernization
Create IBM Cloud account and provision an instance of cloud object storage service to host a static webpage.
Skills you will gain
- Cloud Native
- Devops
- Iaas PaaS Saas
- Hybrid Multicloud
- Cloud Computing
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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
Overview of Cloud Computing
Cloud Computing Models
Components of Cloud Computing
Emergent Trends and Practices
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- 5 stars75.56%
- 4 stars19.19%
- 3 stars3.18%
- 2 stars0.63%
- 1 star1.41%
TOP REVIEWS FROM INTRODUCTION TO CLOUD COMPUTING
Very good course! I did find it difficult at times as i have not done anything to do with cloud computing before but all the information is in depth and you can learn loads.
Very good start to learning about Cloud Computing. It covers the wide range of topics involved with cloud computing and had many use cases and examples to help with understanding each subtopic.
Excellent, comprehensive and informative course. The only 'distraction' was the background music in the videos which can be hard for the student to concentrate on content and task.
Very informative, but the practical part should be more extensive, it's only a very small part of the course, perhaps can be excused due to being only an introductory course.
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