Course Overview
Our 3-day, instructor-led Cloud Essentials Certification Training course is geared toward business analysts and other IT staff and teaches you how to implement and govern a cloud environment. It covers:
- Characteristics of cloud services from a business perspective the value of cloud computing
- Cloud types
- Successful adoption of cloud computing
- Impacts & changes cloud computing has on IT service management
- Consequences & risks of cloud computing
This course will prepare you for the Cloud Essentials Certification exam.
You should have about six months of experience working in the field of IT before this course.
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Course Outline
An Introduction To Cloud Computing
- General overview of cloud computing
- The evolution of the cloud
- Specific and specialized cloud services
The Business Value Of The Cloud
- A business’ need for the cloud
- Scalability of the cloud
- Security of the cloud
- Impact of the cloud on business
The Technical Perspectives Of The Cloud
- Various cloud deployment models
- Cloud deployment’s network requirements
- Self service and automation in the cloud
- Federation
- Standardization
The Technical Challenges Of Computing In The Cloud
- Cloud storage
- Application performance
- Integration of data
- Security mitigation and risks
- The application architecture and involved development process
Steps To The Successful Adoption Of Cloud Based Services
- Steps to adopting various cloud services
- An organization’s capability to adopt various cloud services
- Cloud vendor capabilities and roles
- Migrating various applications to the cloud
Cloud Computing And ITIL
- General overview of ITIL
- Planning a service strategy
- Designing various cloud services
- Transitioning to a live environment
- How to run a cloud service operation
- Continual improvement of service with the cloud
Identifying Various Consequences And Risks
- Organizational risks involved with the cloud
- Technical risks involved with the cloud
- Legal risks involved with the cloud
- Evaluation of cost for cloud computing
- Identify the maintenance aspects of strategic flexibility
Exam Information
Cloud Essentials Certification Exam Details:
- Exam code: CLO-001
- Number of questions: 50
- Passing score: 720
- Duration: 60 minutes
- Delivery: Pearson VUE and Prometric
Cloud Essentials Certification Exam Objectives:
Exam Objective | Percentage Weight |
Characteristics of Cloud Services: The Business Perspective | 15% |
Business Value and Cloud Computing | 20% |
Cloud Types/Technical Perspectives | 20% |
Steps to Successful Adoption of Cloud Computing | 15% |
Impact and Changes Cloud Computing has on IT Service Management | 15% |
Consequences and Risks of Cloud Computing | 15% |
Cloud Essentials Certification Training FAQs
Professionals that sell cloud services, business analysts, technical support staff, and business process owners are some of the job titles that would benefit from the Cloud Essentials Certification.
Oracle, BAE Systems, the Department of Defense (DOD), General Dynamics and more trust the Cloud Essentials Certification as an indicator of knowledge.
According to payscale.com, professionals with their CompTIA Cloud Essentials Certification earn an average of $65,000 annually.
Cloud Essentials Certification Training Resources
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CompTIA Cloud Essentials Assessment
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CompTIA Stackable Certifications
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Cloud Security Questions and Considerations to Ask the Cloud Service Provider
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Cloud+ vs Cloud Essentials: CompTIA Cloud Certifications
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Virtualization vs. Cloud: The Real Difference
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Pinocchio: Lie Detector for Cloud Computing
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The Votes Have Been Tallied: IT Professionals Want the Cloud