PECB APAC Conference 2026
The Essential Cloud Computing course provides essential coverage of predictive cloud computing benefits, challenges and risks.
The Essential Cloud Computing course provides essential coverage of predictive cloud computing benefits, challenges and risks. It is suitable for IT and business professionals that would like to receive a fundamental understanding of how cloud computing works and how it can be applied in the real world.
Upon completing the course you will receive a digital certificate of completion, as well as a digital training badge from Acclaim/Credly. Upon getting certified you will also receive an official Cloud Professional digital accreditation certificate and certification badge from Acclaim/Credly, along with an account that can be used to verify your certification status.
The Essential Cloud Computing course is comprised of the following 2 course modules, each of which has an estimated completion time of 10 hours:
Module 1: Fundamental Cloud Computing
Module 2: Cloud Technology Concepts
20 hours of Workbook Lessons & Exercises
Supporting Video Lessons
Course Completion Certificate & Badge
Certification Exam & Practice Questions
Feature-Rich eLearning Platform
Interactive Graded Exercises, Self-Test
Printable PDFs
Lifetime Access
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This course module provides end-to-end coverage of fundamental cloud computing topics as they pertain to both technology and business considerations. The module content is divided into a series of modular sections, each of which is accompanied by one or more hands-on exercises.
Fundamental Cloud Computing Terminology and Concepts
Basics of Virtualization
Specific Characteristics that Define a Cloud
Understanding Elasticity, Resiliency, On-Demand and Measured Usage
Benefits, Challenges and Risks of Contemporary Cloud Computing Platforms and Cloud Services
Cloud Resource Administrator and Cloud Service Owner Roles
Cloud Service and Cloud Service Consumer Roles
Understanding the IaaS, PaaS, SaaS Cloud Delivery Model
Combining Cloud Delivery Models
Public Cloud, Private Cloud, Hybrid Cloud and Community Cloud Deployment Models
Business Cost Metrics and Formulas for Comparing and Calculating Cloud and On-Premise Solution Costs
Formulas for Calculating and Rating SLA Quality of Service Characteristics
This course module explores a range of the most important and relevant technology-related topics that pertain to contemporary cloud computing platforms. The module content does not get into implementation or programming details, but instead keeps coverage at a conceptual level, focusing on topics that address cloud service architecture, cloud security threats and technologies, virtualization and containerization.
Cloud Computing Mechanisms that Establish Architectural Building Blocks
Virtual Servers, Containers, Ready-Made Environments, Failover Systems and Pay-Per-Use Monitors
Automated Scaling Listeners, Multi-Device Brokers and Resource Replication
Understanding How Individual Cloud Computing Mechanisms Support Cloud Characteristics
An Introduction to Containerization, Container Hosting and Logical Pod Containers
A Comparison of Containerization and Virtualization
Cloud Balancing and Cloud Bursting Architectures
Common Risks, Threats and Vulnerabilities of Cloud-based Services and Cloud-hosted Solutions
Cloud Security Mechanisms used to Counter Threats and Attacks
Understanding Cloud-Based Security Groups and Hardened Virtual Server Images
Cloud Service Implementation Mediums (including Web Services and REST Services)
Cloud Storage Benefits and Challenges, Cloud Storage Services, Technologies and Approaches
Non-Relational (NoSQL) Storage Compared to Relational Storage
Cloud Service Testing Considerations and Testing Types
Service Grids and Autonomic Computing
Cloud Computing Industry Standards Organizations
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