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Dr. Jeff Tjiputra, Dr. Thomas Underhill, Jeff Tjiputra, Richard Utter, Thomas Underhill, Andrzej (Andrew) Hoppe, Oussama Saafein, Zeeshan Khan, Jarrod Jordan, Charif El MaMouni, and Patrick Appiah-Kubi

The exciting field of Cloud Computing has experienced explosive growth. This transformative technology has not only altered the way business operate, but it has also shaken up the traditional structure of the IT department and placed new demands on staff members who are faced with reinventing their own careers. With organizations rapidly moving their infrastructures and services to the cloud, jobs are growing at a breakneck pace, with many positions are left unfilled.

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The exciting field of Cloud Computing has experienced explosive growth. This transformative technology has not only altered the way business operate, but it has also shaken up the traditional structure of the IT department and placed new demands on staff members who are faced with reinventing their own careers. With organizations rapidly moving their infrastructures and services to the cloud, jobs are growing at a breakneck pace, with many positions are left unfilled.

Gain an understanding of cloud technologies such as AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, OpenStack, and vSphere and how to leverage them to increase business productivity and effectiveness. In this Cloud Computing MicroMasters program, you will learn about Infrastructure As A Service (IaaS), Platform As A Service (PaaS), Software As A Service (SaaS), and other "X as a service" platforms. You will receive key foundational knowledge about legal and compliance issues, security and risk mitigation and how to follow industry standards and best practices. You will also gain hands-on experience in implementing, configuring and managing cloud technologies.

This applied, graduate-level program is designed for learners who want to enter or advance their careers in this exciting and well-paying field. IT professionals not already working with cloud technologies will gain a solid foundation while those with some cloud experience will gain a more in-depth understanding of other cloud technologies and other knowledge such as security, policy, and legal and compliance issues.

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What's inside

Three courses

Cloud Computing for Enterprises

(72 hours)
Organizations are increasingly moving their critical information and assets to the cloud. Understand the technology, best practices, and economics of cloud computing, and the rewards and risks of this rush to the cloud.

Cloud Computing Infrastructure

(72 hours)
As Cloud Computing shapes businesses, it's vital to understand the technologies behind cloud infrastructure, both public and private. This course focuses on components of Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) cloud service model, including compute, storage, network, and auxiliary services. You will also examine popular cloud IaaS deployment architectures and apply the acquired knowledge in lab projects to migrate a website to the Amazon Web Services (AWS) IaaS environment.

Cloud Computing Security

(72 hours)
How do you protect critical data stored in the cloud? Learn to build a security strategy that keeps data safe and mitigates risk.

Learning objectives

  • Cloud computing foundations and models
  • Types of cloud computing technologies (ie: aws, azure, ibm)
  • Methods for managing a cloud computing adoption/migration project
  • How to design a cloud computing infrastructure or service
  • Deployment and configuration of cloud computing systems
  • Insuring cloud security and mitigating risk
  • Saas, paas and iaas and other service platforms

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