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Cloud Computing
The Sky Is The LimitCloud Credential Council - CCC
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What is Cloud Computing?
Anything and Everything until a
formal definition is in place:
"Cloud computing is a model for
enabling ubiquitous, convenient, on-
demand network access to a shared
pool of configurable computing
resources (e.g., networks, servers,
storage, applications and services)
that can be rapidly provisioned and
released with minimal management
effort or service provider interaction."
What Does This mean?Instead of all the computer hardware
and software sitting on your desktop,
or your company's network, it's
provided as a service by another
company and accessed over the
Internet.
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Evolution of Computing to Modern Cloud
1980-1998
Client / Server
1999 - Present
Cloud
1961-1979
Mainframe
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Cloud Computing's Impact on IT has been
BIG
80% of IT
Executives
Are Positive
About Cloud
Computing
Source: MENA. Cloudworld series
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As a Result IT Training Skills are in Demand
“Since much more data is likely
to be stored in the cloud in the
years ahead, it is vital to address
issues like data storage,
ownership and management
sooner rather than later"European Commission (EC) Digital Single Market Chief,
Andrus Ansip
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What are the Challenges
Facing Organizations?
Vendor Lock-in:
Standards:
Security:
Data Privacy
Governance:
SLAs:
HR:
Can you get out if you want to?
Are still emerging - good or bad?
No longer perimeter bases - internal and external threats
Local laws and regulations
Compliance
Do they meet your needs, back-to-back agreements
Do we have the competences and knowledge?
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Faster time to market
Enter new markets quickly Easily scale up/down
Experiment oftenIntroduce new features
often, rapidly
But the Advantages of Cloud are Clear..
OpEX
CapEX
Pay for use
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Cloud Market
KPMG study:
“Business
executives are
starting to fully
appreciate the
potential
transformative value
that cloud can bring
to the enterprise”
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ITpreneurs: Proud Partner of the CCC
The CCC is independent and vendor neutral, with
membership that includes user organizations, vendors,
professional associations and international certification
bodies. The CCC has developed a professional
certification program for cloud and Big Data
Foundation.
The Gold Standard for Cloud Practitioners. Practice led teaching in Cloud Computing.
Internationally recognized course syllabi developed in consultation with leading technology vendors.
Courses authored and maintained by experienced, practice led, experts.
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Role-Based, Vendor Neutral Cloud Certification
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Positioning Role-based, Vendor-Neutral Cloud
Certifications
Maximize your Client's ROI from their earlier investments
Your clients may have already invested in one of the many vendor-specific cloud products and courses or
implemented another IT best practice framework.
You can position these vendor-neutral, role-based cloud trainings as an add-on to existing trainings to
your existing client base!
Upsell to your clients who are already certified in vendor-specific trainings (e.g. Cisco,
VMWare, Microsoft, etc.)
Cross-sell to your clients who are already certified in other IT frameworks and methodologies
(e.g. ITIL, TOGAF, + more)
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Advantages of Role-based Certification
Cloud Technology Associate
Professional Cloud Security Manager
Professional Cloud Service Manager
Professional Cloud Solutions Architect
Professional Cloud Administrator
Professional Cloud Developer
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The Cloud Technology Associate (CTA) course defines cloud computing and virtualization, and explains
the benefits and applications. Technology is explained in a vendor neutral way.
Audience:
IT Managers and solution consultants
IT Specialists (Analysts, Developers,
Architects, Testing, etc.)
IT Administrators (System, Database, etc.)
IT Provisioning and Maintenance
(Hardware, Network, Storage, etc.)
How to Position:
IT professionals and those working closely
need to know
Core cloud and virtualization concepts
Business benefits of cloud
Steps to successfully adopt cloud
Risks and mitigation for cloud security
Factors involved for implementing various
cloud models
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The Professional Cloud Solutions Architect (PCSA) course equips Solution Architects with insights and
familiarity with the topology and ecosystems that are being created as a result of cloud technology
adoption and operating models.
Audience:
Technology Architects
Application Architects
System Architects
Cloud Strategy Consultants
Enterprise Architects
Senior Developers
How to Position:
Solution Architects need to understand
Cloud ...
● Architecture Design
● Application Design
● Data Management
● Security Architecture
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The Professional Cloud Security Manager (PCS) certification explores security, risk and compliance
concepts at the core of cloud computing. The certification enables candidates to apply the underpinning
security concepts to an enterprise cloud computing environment.
Audience:
Governance, Risk & Compliance
Professionals
IT Auditors
Compliance Specialists
IT Security Professionals
Cloud computing Specialists
How to Position:
Cloud Security Managers need to
understand ...
● Security Risks
● Legal Considerations
● Governance & Audit Requirements
● Compliance
● Security
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The Professional Cloud Developer (PCD) course is for application developers who are designing and
developing applications for cloud environments. The training covers best practices on application design
for cloud environments and supports many vendor technology solutions, covering Open Source and major
Vendor Standards.
Audience:
Application developers
Cloud Application developers
How to Position:
Cloud Developers need to understand
Cloud ...
● Design Principles
● Application Design & Lifecycle
● Security Compliance
● Development & Testing
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The Professional Cloud Administrator course enables Network-, Systems-, and Database Administrators to
effectively operate in the cloud. This training program provides a hands-on, practical approach to cloud
provisioning for administrators and touches upon all the aspects of administering cloud services.
Audience:
Network Administrator
Systems Administrator
Database Administrator
How to Position:
Cloud Administrators need to
understand Cloud...
● Interaction of existing network/admin
policies
● Disaster Recovery and Business
Continuity
● Virtual Infrastructure Platform and
Services
● Performance Measures, Monitoring and
Optimization
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The PCSM certification provides a hands-on, practical approach to understanding how cloud computing
and cloud-based services impact IT operations, and how to adapt existing processes to deliver better
services. The certification takes cloud induced factors and existing best practices, including ITIL®, into
account to bridge service management gaps in cloud adoption.
Audience:
IT Managers and CIO's
Service Managers (with or without an ITIL
background)
Service Management Professionals
Cloud Strategy and Management
Consultants
Service Architects, Technical Pre-Sales
Consultants
IT Professionals
How to Position:
Cloud Service Managers need to:
● Analyze their organization's strategic
assets and capabilities to successfully
design, deploy, and run cloud services
● Illustrate the benefits and drive the
adoption of cloud-based services
● Select appropriate structures for
designing, deploying, and running
cloud-based services within traditional
IT organizations
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The Big Data foundation course provides you with an understanding of Big Data, potential data sources
that can be used for solving real business problems, and an overview of data mining and the tools used in
it.
Audience:
Software Engineers
Application Developers
IT architects
System administrators
How to Position:
Data professionals need to understand
● Big data fundamentals and technologies
● Big data governance
● Data sources and data mining tools
● Experience technologies: Hadoop and
MongoDB
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The Cloud Business Associate (CBA) is a foundation level course and is designed to ensure that
participants develop sufficient knowledge and understanding on the business perspective of cloud
computing to support the cloud adoption decision process within an organization.
Audience:
Business Leaders
Directors
Business Managers
How to Position:
IT professionals that need to understand:
● characteristics of cloud services from a
business perspective
● the business value of cloud computing
● technical introduction to cloud types
● steps to successful adoption
● impact and changes on IT service
management
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Quick Recap
Cloud Training ensures your clients achieve better ROI
Training enables your clients to get better practice in the use of their products and
services, resulting in better return on investment for their organizations, and for individuals
to increase their own skills to manage traditional IT and Cloud based IT.
Aligns With Vendor-Specific Cloud Trainings
Upsell to your clients who are already certified in vendor-specific trainings (Microsoft,
Amazon Web Services + more) with the Professional Cloud Series
Adds Value to other Frameworks in Your Portfolio. You can cross-sell to your clients
who are already certified in other IT frameworks and methodologies (e.g. ITIL) Axelos
even promoting the importance of Cloud!
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