Learner Reviews & Feedback for Introduction to Cloud Computing by IBM

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About the Course

Start your cloud computing journey with this self-paced introductory course! Whether you need general cloud computing knowledge for school or business, or you are considering a career change, this beginner-friendly course is right for you. In this course you’ll learn about essential characteristics of cloud computing and emerging technologies supported by cloud. You’ll explore cloud service models, including Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), Software as a Service (SaaS), and Public, Private, and Hybrid deployment models. Discover the offerings of prominent cloud service providers AWS, Google, IBM, Microsoft, and others, and review cloud computing case studies. Learn about cloud adoption, blockchain, analytics, and AI. You will learn about the many components of cloud computing architecture including datacenters, availability zones, virtual machines, containers, and bare metal servers. You will also familiarize yourself with different types of cloud storage options, such as Object Storage. You’ll gain foundational knowledge of emergent cloud trends and practices including Hybrid, Multicloud, Microservices, Serverless, DevOps, Cloud Native, Application Modernization, as well as learn about cloud security and monitoring. You’ll also explore cloud computing job roles and possible career paths and opportunities. You will complete a number of labs and quizzes throughout this course to increase your understanding of course content. At the end of the course, you will complete a final project where you will deploy an application to Cloud using a serverless architecture, a valuable addition to your portfolio. After this course, check out the related courses to help you towards your new career as a cloud engineer, full stack developer, DevOps engineer, cybersecurity analyst, and others....

Top reviews

Jun 10, 2020

This course gave me a clear picture of fundamentals of cloud and its services . The assignments like creating instance and buckets in the IBM cloud was really helpful.Cloud insights!!!!

Apr 3, 2021

This topic about cloud computing is really informative and insightful. Appreciate it! A lot of information I have gained from this course. Indeed, help me a for cloud development in my institution

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By Iakovos M

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Apr 11, 2021

It was a very nice overview to the cloud fundamental for people with none or few experience on this

By Raymond O

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Sep 12, 2025

had some little challenge at the last part of the hands-on lab, it wasn't really clear in details

By Hari P S A

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Jul 21, 2020

Better course! But need some clear explanation in simple words.Else its a great course even now !

By QUÝ L M

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Sep 3, 2022

It is all great except some errors related to subtitles and sound effects in some video courses.

By dan p

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Jun 13, 2022

I Didnt really know anything about cloud computing prior but now I have a better understanding!

By Matthew M M

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Mar 18, 2021

The content is somewhat "high level" but I definitely learned new material from this course.

By Fabien R

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Jun 20, 2024

The content is very good but the presentation style not the best (music in the background)

By Nathan H

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Nov 12, 2023

Very informational i just wish it was more hands on and had a real person walk you through

By Devayani V

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Aug 21, 2020

I like the course as an introduction into cloud computing but I don't enjoy the robo voice

By Rakkesh D M

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Mar 9, 2024

could have been more practical and have given much more examples for each of the concepts

By Matthew S

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Jan 11, 2022

Background music in Videos in problematic and should be mostly removed.

Content is good.

By Abhijeet K

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Jan 15, 2024

I don't like the way the AI voice is kept on the videos it is very hurtful to my ears

By Subramanian R

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Jun 10, 2021

Learnt a lot of basics from this course.

i sincerly thank Coursera.(IBM)

Sp Ramanathan

By Vijay V

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May 29, 2024

This is a wonderful course for anyone looking to start a career in cloud computing

By Mohamad W T

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Jul 13, 2023

It was a great course. However, I think that more hands on should have been added.

By Judah L

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Jun 20, 2023

Very comprehensive and elaborative, most well-done course I've seen so far by IBM.

By Abhisek P

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Sep 10, 2024

The course is very useful in today's I gained much knowledge from this thank you

By SyedAhsan A

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Apr 23, 2022

Good introductory course very simple just skim through it and you will be done.

By Lê B Q T

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Sep 18, 2023

This courses is suitable for newbie, but I think it don't have enough practice

By Paul T

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Sep 26, 2024

I think if you could provide me screenshots of teaching slides would be great

By Socrates J

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May 30, 2023

A clear introduction the cloud computing with proper topics and explanations.

By eric s

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Jun 14, 2024

Its a great introduction to cloud development, but videos are a bit boring

By Omar Z

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Aug 12, 2024

It's the most impressive-beneficial course I have attended online before

By Prytima P

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Jul 23, 2024

Too many pictures in videos, hand to read to get the information needed.

By Ahmad S Z

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Mar 3, 2024

too much focus on theory, very dry, but good for an introductory course