Course Overview

Companies are adopting the cloud but find it hard to navigate the process. After this course you will be able to plan that process and see how the various nuts and bolts fit together.

Course Objectives

• Learn why cloud computing is here to stay
• Understand how cloud characteristics drive business value and risk
• Identify the important steps in any cloud adoption process
• Understand the most essential technology and cloud architecture components
• Recognize which services are more valuable and less risky
• Bring all the steps together in your plan
• Overcome resistance to cloud initiatives
• Learn how to temper overenthusiastic people

Getting to cloud benefits quickly and safely

Cloud computing is the leading IT delivery revolution. Picking up speed from 2010 onwards, for many organisations it is now the dominant way of delivering IT services.

There is a lot of confusion around cloud, cloud models, fears around security, inflated expectations and 'cowboys' promising the moon. This course will help separate hype from applicability.

What you will get out of this course

This is the quickest way to get you and your team focused on the right steps in cloud adoption. The instructor is also regularly adding content on the basis of your feedback.

Who this course is for:

Cloud computing fundamentally reshapes the jobs of everybody working professionally with IT, whether you are an IT professional, an auditor, or a business IT user. Learn how to update your skills to work in the cloud.

This course is aimed at professional IT users who are looking to apply cloud computing in their businesses. This course is vendor neutral and suitable for line of business, IT department, risk management staff and other, as long as they have a stake in the value and risk of the cloud solutions. This course is probably not for you if you are looking for a technical deep dive.