Overview/Description
Migrating services to the public cloud has a number of unique challenges. This course explores the steps you should take in determining if your infrastructure has components that are suitable for a cloud solution. It discusses the Service Oriented Architecture or SOA and grid computing, and highlights characteristics that make these infrastructures suitable or unsuitable for extension to the cloud. The course also explores the recommended steps of analyzing your current infrastructure to inventory data, services, and processes used, as well as identifying problem areas that may be addressed through a cloud solution. Upon completion of your analysis, it is time to determine cloud service candidates and match cloud services, as well as look at examples of how to leverage different services to your problem areas. Finally, you'll learn about the use of private clouds as an alternative to public clouds.
Target Audience
IT professionals including managers, engineers, and technical staff evaluating or implementing cloud computing applications and services