The Certified Cloud Technology Professional course covers the fields of cloud computing technology, mechanisms, platforms, and security. It includes the first 3 modules to obtain the CCP (Cloud Certified Professional) designation. The course enables IT professionals to develop real-world cloud computing proficiency. Because the course is positioned as vendor-neutral, the course materials and skills acquired by attaining certifications are applicable to any vendor or cloud platform.
Completion of the Certified Cloud Technology Professional course and attainment of a Cloud Technology Professional Combined Certification Exam (C90.CTP) provides employers with the confidence that successful candidates are able to master cloud computing from an industry and vendor-neutral perspective, are proficient in cloud computing concepts, technologies and practices, have knowledge about the mature and proven parts of the cloud computing industry, and are a recognized cloud computing professional. With this knowledge, certified professionals will be able to analyze, implement and maintain cloud products, platforms and services to determine the best fit for an organization’s needs.
The course includes a 12-month subscription to the following digital course materials:
- Video Lessons (Modules 1 and 2)
- Workbook (Modules 1 and 2)
- Exam Preparation Guide with Sample Questions (Modules 1, 2 and 3)
- Mind Map Poster (Modules 1, 2 and 3)
- Symbol Legend Poster (Modules 1 and 2)
- Flashcards with Sample Questions (Modules 1, 2 and 3)
- Lab Exercises Booklet (Module 3)
- Audio Tutor Recording (Module 3)
- Pearson Vue Cloud Technology Professional Combined Certification Exam (C90.CTP) Exam Voucher
Arcitura Certified Cloud Technology Professional Course Outline
Module 1: Fundamental Cloud Computing
- 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 software as a service (SaaS) cloud delivery model
- Understanding the platform as a service (PaaS) cloud delivery model
- Understanding the infrastructure as a service (IaaS) 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
Module 2: Cloud Technology Concepts
- Cloud computing mechanisms that establish architectural building blocks
- Virtual servers, containers, ready-made environments, failover systems & pay-per-use monitors
- Automated scaling listeners, multi-device brokers & resource replication
- Understanding how individual cloud computing mechanisms support cloud characteristics
- An introduction to containerization, container hosting & logical pod containers
- A comparison of containerization and virtualization
- Cloud balancing and cloud bursting architectures
- Common risks, threats and vulnerabilities of cloud-based services & 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
Module 3 Cloud Technology Lab
This course module presents participants with a series of exercises and problems designed to test their ability to apply their knowledge of topics covered previously in course modules 1 and 2. Completing this lab will help highlight areas that require further attention, and will further prove hands-on proficiency in cloud computing concepts, technologies, and practices as they are applied and combined to solve real-world problems.
Who Should Take the Course
- Cloud technology professionals
- Cloud architects
- Individuals responsible for the decision-making process regarding cloud system utilization
- Cloud administrator
- Cloud consultant
