Cloud Essentials for Business Leaders - Education

In this course, you will learn the fundamental concepts of cloud computing and how a cloud strategy can help companies in the education industry meet business objectives. It explores how Amazon Web Services (AWS) brings the most advanced and secure cloud services, the deepest collaborative business solutions, and the fastest rate of innovation. With AWS, your organization can cloudify its business and create new efficiencies, differentiating and innovating at every stage of the journey. 

In this course, you will learn to do the following:

• Explain the role of IT in an organization for business transformation.
• Explain the customer value proposition for using the cloud in the education industry.
• Define key characteristics of cloud computing.
• Explain the cloud business model.
• Identify key education security practices of cloud computing.
• Use the AWS Cloud Value Framework to describe the benefits of cloud-based workloads.

•       Course level: Fundamental

•       Duration: 60 minutes

Activities

This course includes: online materials and knowledge check questions.

Course objectives

In this course, you will learn to:

·      Explain the role of information technology (IT) in an organization for business transformation

·      Explain the customer value proposition for using the cloud in the education services industry

·      Define key characteristics of cloud computing

·      Explain the cloud business model

·      Identify key security practices of cloud computing

·      Frame the cloud business value using the Cloud Value Framework

Intended audience

This course is intended for:

•       Business leaders

Prerequisites

No prerequisites.

Course outline

Section 1: OVERVIEW

•       Lesson 1: How to Use This Course

Section 2: IT FOR BUSINESS TRANSFORMATION

•       Lesson 2: Information Technology for Business Transformation

Section 3: CLOUD COMPUTING

•       Lesson 3: Introduction to Cloud Computing

•       Lesson 4: Key Characteristics of Cloud Technology

•       Lesson 5: IT Service Models

•       Lesson 6: Elasticity

•       Lesson 7: Cloud Security and Regulatory Compliance

•       Lesson 8: AWS Global Infrastructure

•       Lesson 9: Section Resources

Section 4: BUSINESS VALUE OF THE CLOUD

•       Lesson 10: Value Measurements

•       Lesson 11: Industry Trends

•       Lesson 12: Case Studies

Section 5: THE CLOUD VALUE FRAMEWORK

•       Lesson 13: AWS Cloud Value Framework

•       Lesson 15: Cost Savings

•       Lesson 16: Staff Productivity

•       Lesson 17: Operational Resilience

•       Lesson 18: Business Agility

•       Lesson 19: Sustainability

•       Lesson 20: Section Resources

Section 6: RESOURCES AND FEEDBACK

•       Lesson 18: Feedback