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Course description: Introduction to Cloud Computing Architecture

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Course code 1SM00 Skill level Basic
Duration 2.0 days Delivery type Classroom
(Hands-on labs)
Course type Public or Private on-site    
Public price USD $1,950.00 plus tax    

Learn how your IT infrastructure could benefit from a Cloud Computing solution. Through discussions and hands-on labs, you will be introduced to the building blocks of most Cloud Computing solutions. Discussions will delve into an overview of Cloud concepts, which will including delivery models, provisioning, service management, monitoring, and best practices. Hands-on labs will provide experience with using the Service Portal and TSAM interface to perform tasks such as discovering services, requesting a service, modifying a project, monitoring information, generating invoices, and backing up a server.

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Training Paths that reference this course are:

  • Entry Cloud: Power
  • Entry Cloud: System x
  • Entry Cloud: System z

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Special note

IBM Education Advantage Program Eligibility:

  • Yes - Education Pack - online account

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Audience

This is a basic course for architects, system integrators, security administrators, network administrators, software engineers, technical support individuals, and/or IBM Business Partners who are responsible for elements of an existing IT infrastructure.

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Prerequisites

You should have:

  • A basic understanding of a computer operating system and virtualization would be beneficial

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Skills taught

  • Describe Cloud Computing
  • Discuss why there is a growing interest in Cloud Computing (historic review)
  • Show how Cloud Computing is a major evolution of technology in the past decade
  • Identify the added value of this new infrastructure model compared to previous ones
  • Discuss the pros and cons for each Service Portal point of view; user, administrator, provider, manager
  • Describe the components of a Cloud Computing solution (agnostic description)
  • Describe the "as a service" model of Cloud Computing
  • Examine the nature of the different cloud architecture