Cloud Adoption Essentials: learn the 8 step roadmap

"Cloud Adoption Essentials: Learn The 8 Step Roadmap"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. Understand How To Get More And Quicker Benefit From Cloud Computing In Your Company And Less RiskLearn why cloud computing is here to stayUnderstand how cloud characteristics drive business value and riskIdentify the important steps in any cloud adoption processUnderstand the most essential technology and cloud architecture componentsRecognize which services are more valuable and less riskyBring all the steps together in your planOvercome resistance to cloud initiativesLearn how to temper overenthusiastic peopleGetting to cloud benefits quickly and safelyCloud 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.

Who is this 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.

Content and structure of this courseBased on hundreds of examples and questions from students of my earlier cloud courses, I have distilled the essential elements for navigating the cloud journeyThe course currently has 8 sections, 20+ lectures with more than 2 hours of content and is regularly being expanded. The first section explains how the cloud came to be and how it is another disruptive innovation. Then we give an overview of the 8-step cloud adoption roadmap.