This course is for anyone with an IT background who is interested in understanding what Cloud Computing is. It will equip you with basic knowledge of Cloud Technologies in use now. Cloud Computing has evolved from being just a buzzword to a serious business decision that many businesses are contemplating. Therefore knowledge about it is necessary to make a clear and strategic plan to move applications and services to the Cloud.

This is a certificate course. After completing the 1-day course CloudThat will certify you as having completed a course in the Fundamentals of Cloud Computing – Level 1.

• To attain fundamental understanding of cloud technologies
• To understand and be able to explain to others why cloud matters to companies
• To understand the migration-to-cloud path your company has set (if it has one)
• To know where to get resources for further developing cloud skills

• IT Professionals working in the software industry who want to formally get a fundamental understanding of cloud computing technologies
• Software developers who want to start to understand cloud technologies and be developing cloud applications in the future
• Start-ups that want to build their IT infrastructure in the cloud at a fraction of the cost compared to traditional methods
• IT managers who want to drive the future of their company by investing in the cloud
• DBAs who want to morph into Cloud Database Administrators
• System Administrators that want to be able to manage cloud machines and networks
• Students who want to make their resumes more attractive to prospective employers

• Some IT industry work experience or those pursuing a degree in the IT field.

• What is Cloud Computing? Why it matters?
• Traditional IT Infrastructure
• Cloud Infrastructure and Cloud Advantage
• Examples of Cloud Advantage
• Cloud Companies
• Examples of Cloud Services
• Use Cases
• Cloud Segments: IaaS, PaaS, SaaS
• Cloud Deployment Models
• Cloud Security

This is a hands-on course on Amazon Web Services (AWS), where we will deep-dive into the advanced architecture and design patterns used on the AWS infrastructure by performing labs. Another aim of the course is to prepare participants for taking the AWS Certified Solutions Architect exam, and clearing it. We will have sample tests at the end of the course to help you gain experience and practice.

According to Gartner, Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS), cloud management & security devices, and Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) have been growing from $7.6B in 2011 to an expected $35.5B in 2016, a CAGR of 36%. This is an insightful reflection of increasing opportunities in the Cloud.

• To attain a deep knowledge of AWS infrastructure and design patterns on developing applications on AWS.
• To attain skills to clear the AWS Certification Exam.

• IT Professionals who want to learn to develop highly scalable, available, cost-efficient and failure tolerant system on AWS.
• IT Professionals who want to clear the AWS Certification exam.

This is NOT a beginners AWS class. Prior experience with AWS in necessary.

• AWS Level-2 course offered by CloudThat Technologies

OR

• Hand-on experience in S3, EC2, ELB, RDS, Auto-Scaling.

• Brief refresher for EC2, S3, ELB, RDS, Auto Scaling (prior experience assumed)
• VPC
• Identity and Access Management (IAM)
• Route 53
• Cloud Formation
• Cloud Front
• SQS
• DynamoDB
• Architecting on AWS
  • For Batch Processing
  • For Online Applications
  • For Disaster Recovery
• Data Security
• Sample Certification Simulation Test

This is a two-and-a-half-day, hands-on course on Amazon Web Services (AWS), to delve deeply into deploying, operating, and managing scalable systems on AWS infrastructure using services like VPC, CloudFront, IAM, and CloudFormation.

This course will also prepare you for taking the AWS Certified SysOps Administrator exam.

• To attain a deep knowledge of AWS infrastructure and deployment on AWS.
• To attain skills to clear the AWS Certification Exam. More info about the certification here.

• IT Professionals who want to learn to manage existing AWS infrastructure and to identify performance bottlenecks.
• IT Professionals who want to clear the AWS Certification exam.

This is NOT a beginners AWS class. Prior experience with AWS in necessary.

• AWS Level-2 course offered by CloudThat

OR

• Hand-on experience in S3, EC2, ELB, RDS, Auto-Scaling.

• Brief refresher for EC2, S3, ELB, RDS, Auto Scaling (prior experience assumed)
• VPC
• Identity and Access Management (IAM)
• Route 53
• Cloud Formation
• Cloud Front
• SQS
• DynamoDB
• Architecting on AWS
  • For Batch Processing
  • For Online Applications
  • For Disaster Recovery
• Data Security
• Identifying Performance Pitfalls
• Billing Analysis & Cost Optimization
• Maintaining High Availability – Multi-Region Deployment
• Bootstrapping EC2 instances with Opsworks / Chef
• Sample Certification Simulation Test

This course will give you a thorough understanding of Microsoft Windows Azure. Microsoft Windows Azure is a cloud computing platform and infrastructure -- created for building, deploying and managing applications and services through a global network of Microsoft Managed datacenters. It provides both platform as a service (PaaS) and infrastructure as a service (IaaS) offerings and supports many different programming languages, tools, and frameworks, including both Microsoft-specific and third-party software and systems.

• To achieve a thorough understanding of Windows Azure technology, from fundamentals to advanced concepts
• To Achieve a comprehensive understanding of Windows Azure services and building blocks
• Learn about Windows Azure Storage and its abstractions
• To Create a Windows Azure Storage Account and upload data
• Start and configure a Windows Virtual Machine compute service in the cloud
• Start a WordPress website service in the cloud
• Start, manage, and scale a Windows SQL database in the cloud
• Start, promote, and scale a Windows Azure Cloud Service for an application

• Level 1 course or equivalent experience in cloud computing and virtualization
• IT industry work experience or a degree in the IT field
• Basic understanding of Windows System/Wintel
• Basic understanding of databases

• Windows Azure Fundamentals
• Overview of all available Windows Azure Services and building blocks
• Windows Azure Storage
• Windows Azure Virtual Machines
• Windows Azure Website service
• Windows Azure SQL Database
• Windows Azure Cloud Service
• Windows Azure Virtual Networks
• Windows Azure Identity
• Windows Azure Media Services
• Windows Azure Service Bus
• Windows Azure Store
• Windows Azure Access Control Service
• Big Data and Hadoop on Windows Azure

This aim of this two-day course is to empower participants with hands-on experience in developing and deploying highly scalable applications on the AWS platform.

This is a certificate course; certificate is provided after completing the course.

• Attain a comprehensive understanding of AWS cloud technologies
• Be able to start a Windows or Linux server in the cloud with its own private IP address
• Be able to start-up a CRM/WordPress/etc. website hosted in cloud
• Be able to start a highly scalable MySQL or Oracle database in the cloud with multiple read-replica databases
• Be able to setup a load-balancer in the cloud
• Understand the redundancy, fault-tolerance and high availability requirements of a web application

• IT Professionals who want formal, hands-on training for using and developing cloud-based services
• Software developers who want to develop cloud applications
• Start-up companies that want to affordably build their IT infrastructure in the cloud
• System Admins who want to learn how to invoke resources in the cloud and manage them
• DBAs who want to start and manage databases in the cloud with read replicas
• Students that want to make their resumes more attractive to prospective employers by having hands-on Cloud Computing experience

• Level 1 course or equivalent experience in cloud computing
• Some IT industry work experience or a degree in the IT field
• Some experience with Linux system administration advisable but not required
• Basic understanding of databases

• AWS Fundamentals
• Review of all AWS Services
• Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3)
• Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)
• Amazon Elastic Block Storage (EBS)
• Amazon Elastic IP-Address Service
• Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS)
• Amazon Elastic Load Balancer (ELB)
• Amazon CloudWatch
• Auto Scaling of EC2 Instances
• Introduction to Google Cloud (Google Compute Engine), Microsoft Azure Cloud, HP Cloud. Similarities and differences between these public Cloud offerings.