CLOUD FUNDAMENTALS

– Define cloud technology
– Articulate the cloud service model characteristics and capabilities
– Identify the components that make up cloud technology
– Explain what considerations need to be made for cloud service implementation
– Distinguish different cloud deployment models

– Identify cloud service models
– Distinguish characteristics of SaaS, PaaS and laaS models
– Use service models as potential solutions for project implementation
– Explain solution stacks and the decisions that need to be made to implement them

– Identify the challenges of governance in the cloud.
– Explain the reasons for implementing and maintaining cloud governance.
– Articulate the risk involved with cloud implementation.
– Describe cloud vendor selection processes.
– Define the need for portability of services in a service level agreement (SLA).

– Distinguish between service implementation and support in the cloud.
– Describe the testing and validation requirements for post-cloud implementation.
– Articulate the special role that configuration management plays in cloud computing.
– Identify resource management challenges with cloud computing implementation.