Cloud Architect Certification Self-Study Kit Bundle

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Cloud Architect Certification

Self-Study Kit Bundle

A Certified Cloud Architect has demonstrated proficiency in the technology architec-ture that underlies cloud platforms and cloud-based IT resources and solutions, and has mastered the hands-on application of design patterns, principles, and practices used to engineer and evolve such environments. This certification bundle provides you with the self-study materials you need to prepare for the exams required to complete the Cloud Architect Certification.

The bundle includes the following self-study kits:

CCP Module 1 Self-Study Kit: Fundamental Cloud Computing (Exam C90.01)

End-to-end coverage of fundamental cloud computing topics as they apply to technology and business considerations, including concepts, terminology, benefits, challenges and models.

CCP Module 2 Self-Study Kit: Cloud Technology Concepts (Exam C90.02)

Technology mechanisms, basic security topis, and architectual

fundamentals are covered, along with cloud storage, cloud testing, and emerging technology related topics.

CCP Module 4 Self-Study Kit: Fundamental Cloud Architecture (Exam C90.04)

Cloud platforms and cloud-based solutions and services, explored via range of mechanisms, design patterns and technologies.

CCP Module 5 Self-Study Kit: Advanced Cloud Architecture (Exam C90.05)

Advanced technology architecture topics, with an emphasis on complex cloud-based solution design, advanced design patterns, and hybrid deployment models and architectures.

CCP Module 6 Self-Study Kit: Cloud Architecture Lab (Exam C90.06)

A hands-on lab providing a series of real-world exercises for assessing and establishing cloud computing technology environments.

For more information, visit www.cloudschool.com.

By purchasing these kits as part of this bundle you receive a 20% discount.

Text Books

This CCP course module covers a range of in-depth topics that are described in the course booklet(s) and further elaborated by detailed technical cover-age and case study examples in the accompanying

Cloud Computing: Concepts, Technology & Archi-tecture, and Cloud Computing Design Patterns text

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CCP Module 1: Fundamental Cloud Computing

This foundational course provides end-to-end coverage of fundamental cloud comput-ing topics as they pertain to both technology and business considerations. The course content is divided into a series of modular sections, each of which is accompanied by one or more hands-on exercises.

The following primary topics are covered:

• 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

• Software as a Service (SaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS) and Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) Cloud Delivery Models

• 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

• Service Level Agreements (SLAs) for Cloud-based IT Resources

• Formulas for Calculating and Rating SLA Quality of Service Characteristics Duration: 1 Day

Cloud Computing: Concepts, Technology & Architecture Text Book

This CCP course module covers a range of in-depth topics that are described in the course booklet and further elaborated by detailed technical coverage and case study examples in the accompanying Cloud Computing: Concepts, Technology &

Architecture text book from the acclaimed Prentice Hall Service Technology Series from Thomas Erl.

Self-Study Kit

The materials for this course module can be purchased

separately as part of the Module 1 Self-Study Kit, which includes additional materials and study aids. These materials are

designed to prepare you for Exam C90.01 and are also suitable for general remote, self-paced study purposes.

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CCP Module 2: Cloud Technology Concepts

This course explores a range of the most important and relevant technology-related topics that pertain to contemporary cloud computing platforms. The course 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 data processing.

Proven technologies are defined and classified as concrete architectural building blocks called “mechanisms”. The purpose of this course is to introduce cloud

computing-related technology topics in a manner that is accessible to a wide range of IT professionals, as well as to empower participants with an understanding of the fundamental mechanics of a cloud platform, how the different “moving parts” can be combined, and how to address common threats and pitfalls.

• Cloud Computing Mechanisms that Establish Architectural Building Blocks

• Virtual Servers, Ready-Made Environments, Failover Systems & Pay-for-Use Monitors • 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

Duration: 1 Day

Cloud Computing: Concepts, Technology & Architecture Text Book

This CCP course module covers a range of in-depth topics that are described in the course booklet and further elaborated by detailed technical coverage and case study examples in the accompanying Cloud Computing: Concepts, Technology &

Architecture text book from the acclaimed Prentice Hall Service Technology Series from Thomas Erl.

Self-Study Kit

The materials for this course module can be purchased separately as part of the Module 2 Self-Study Kit, which in-cludes additional materials and study aids. These materials are designed to prepare you for Exam C90.02 and are also suitable for general remote, self-paced study purposes.

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CCP Module 6: Cloud Architecture Lab

This course module presents participants with a series of exercises and problems that are designed to test their ability to apply their knowledge of topics covered previously in course modules 4 and 5. Completing this lab will help highlight areas that require further attention and will further prove hands-on proficiency in cloud computing design patterns, technology architecture layers, mechanisms, industry technologies and practices as they are applied and combined to solve real-world problems involving IaaS, PaaS and SaaS environments.

As a hands-on lab, this course provides a set of detailed exercises, that require participants to solve a number of inter-related problems, with the ultimate goal of evaluating, designing and correcting technology architectures to fulfill specific sets of solution and business automation requirements.

For instructor-led delivery of this lab course, the Certified Cloud Trainer works closely with participants to ensure that all exercises are carried out completely and accurately. Attendees can voluntarily have exercises reviewed and graded as part of the class completion.

For individual completion of this course as part of the Module 6 Self-Study Kit, a number of supplements are provided to help participants carry out exercises with guidance and numerous resource references.

Duration: 1 Day

Cloud Computing Design Patterns

This CCP course module covers a range of in-depth topics that are described in the course booklet and further elaborated by detailed technical coverage and case study examples in the accompanying Cloud Computing Design Patterns text book from the acclaimed Prentice Hall Service Technology Series from

Thomas Erl.

Self-Study Kit

For ordering information, visit www.cloudselfstudy.com.

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CCP Module 4: Fundamental Cloud Architecture

This course provides a highly technical drill-down into the inner workings and mechanics of foundational cloud computing platforms. Private and public cloud environments are dissected into concrete, componentized building blocks (referred to as “patterns”) that individually represent platform feature-sets, functions and/or artifacts, and are collectively applied to establish distinct technology architecture layers.

Building upon these foundations, Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS), Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) and Software-as-a-Platform-as-a-Service (SaaS) environments are further explored as compound patterns, comprised of unique and shared building blocks.

The course is structured as a guided tour through these architectural layers,

describing primary components, highlighting shared components and explaining how building blocks can be assembled and implemented via cloud computing mechanisms and practices

• Understanding the Technology Architecture of Private Clouds, Public Clouds, and IaaS, PaaS and SaaS Environments

• 12 New Cloud Computing Technology Mechanisms, including Hypervisors, Resource Clusters, Load Balancers, SLA Monitors and more

• 19 Architectural Models and Patterns, including Dynamic Scalability, Resource Pooling, Rapid Provisioning, Usage Monitoring and more

Other technology architecture topics pertaining to cloud platforms, cloud-based solutions and services are also explored.

Duration: 1 Day

Text Books

This CCP course module covers a range of in-depth topics that are described in the course booklet(s) and further elaborated by detailed technical cover-age and case study examples in the accompanying

Cloud Computing: Concepts, Technology & Archi-tecture, and Cloud Computing Design Patterns text

books.

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CCP Module 5: Advanced Cloud Architecture

This course builds upon CCP Module 4 to provide a deep dive into elastic, resilient and multitenant technology architectures, as well as specialized solution architectures, such as cloud bursting and cloud balancing.

Through the study of architectural mechanisms, industry technologies and design patterns, both core and extended components are described that combine to realize elasticity, resiliency and multitenancy as primary characteristics of cloud platforms. By leveraging these native and enhanced scalability and failover-related feature-sets, specialized solution architectures are described to enable bursting between clouds and on-premise and cloud environments, as well as the balancing of runtime loads across clouds for performance and failover purposes.

As with Module 4, the course organizes content so that architectural layers are explored sequentially and, where appropriate, in relation to each other. Newly introduced primary components are described and shared components across architectural layers are highlighted.

Twenty new architectural models are covered, including:

• Elastic Resource Capacity, Elastic Network Capacity and Elastic Disk Provisioning • Hypervisor Clustering, Redundant Storage, Zero Downtime and Dynamic Failure Detection and Recovery

• Service Load Balancing, Load Balanced Virtual Server Instances and Load Balanced Virtual Switches

• Dynamic Data Normalization, Synchronized Operating State and Persistent Virtual Network Configurations

Other technology architecture topics pertaining to cloud platforms, cloud-based solutions and services are also explored.

Duration: 1 Day

Text Books

This BDSCP course module covers a range of in-depth topics that are described in the course booklet(s) and further elaborated by detailed technical coverage and case study examples in the accompanying Cloud Computing: Concepts,

Technology & Architecture, and Cloud Computing Design Patterns text books.

Self-Study Kit

The materials for this course module can be purchased

separately as part of the Module 5 Self-Study Kit, which includes additional materials and study aids. These materials are

designed to prepare you for Exam C90.05 and are also suitable for general remote, self-paced study purposes.