If You’re Out of Cloud, You’re Out of Work; Key Skills to Move into Cloud

If you’re out of cloud, you’re out of work.
Key Skills to Move into Cloud
Peter van Eijk
Co-author - CCC CTA
Syllabus
Sudhakar Nagasampagi
Lead -author - CCC CTA
Syllabus

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Agenda
> Introduction: Cloud Credential Council
Tristano Vacondio
Marketing Manager
CCC
> If You’re Out of Cloud, You’re Out of Work; Key Skills to Move into Cloud
Sudhakar Nagasampagi Peter H J van Eijk
Accredited CCC Trainer Independent Cloud Trainer
Independent Trainer ClubCloudComputing.com

Poll: What is your area of work?
A. IT training provider
B. IT consultant
C. IT training and consulting
D. IT practitioner

Poll: How much cloud experience do you
have?
A. Extensive experience (approx 6+ years)
B. Some experience (approx 4-6 years)
C. Intermediate (approx 1-3 years)
D. Little (up to 1 year)
E. None

Agenda
Introduction - Tristano Vacondio
State of Cloud - Peter van Eijk
Key Skills for Stepping into Cloud - Sudhakar Nagasampagi
Panel Interview - Training & Certification to Build a Career
Path in Cloud and the Future of Cloud

● Vendor Neutral
● International
● Non Profit
The Cloud Credential Council

Professional Cloud Series
CCC Background

Certification Scheme

ATP Affiliate
ATP Affiliate
Accreditation Scheme

If You’re Out of Cloud, You’re Out of
Work
Key Skills to Move into Cloud

State of Cloud Computing
Peter van Eijk

Key Skills for Stepping into Cloud
Sudhakar Nagasampagi

What is different about cloud, compared to
traditional IT?
Traditional Computing Cloud Computing
High Upfront Investment (Capital No investment (Operational
and Operational Expenses - CapEx) Expenses - OpEx)
Manually Provisioned (Slower) Self Provisioned (Faster)

traditional IT?
Not easily scalable Highly scalable
Fixed Capacity (Inflexible) Elastic Capacity (Flexible)
Dedicated Hardware (Separate Env.) Centralized Hardware (Shared)

traditional IT?
Pay for Capacity (High) Pay for Use (Actual)
Managed through Sys admins Managed with APIs (Automation)
No Disaster Recovery (Downtime) DR and High Availability
Low Agility (Focus on IT Department) High Agility (Focus on Business)
Electricity and Cooling Costs etc. (High) Green Computing (Low costs)

How can what you learn in the CCC
certification be used in the workplace to
address shift to cloud?
CCC certification is based on a coverage of wide concepts / fundamentals of
cloud computing. The CTA course, itself, is divided into 7 modules.
● Module 1 covers an introduction to the course and it’s objectives

● Module 2 begins with an Introduction to Cloud Computing. This module
covers the widely adopted NIST definition of cloud computing, including the
cloud’s essential characteristics, service models and deployment models.
The module also highlights the benefits and challenges in cloud computing.
Major cloud actors and various terminologies such as replication, resiliency,
vendor lock-in, exit strategy, etc. are also introduced in this module.

● Module 3 introduces the concepts of virtualization, the backbone
technology of cloud computing and its types and advantages. This module
also provides a brief demo of creating and managing virtual machines in the
cloud. This demo enables the participant to understand the practical working
of the cloud services.

● Module 4 looks into the various enabling technologies for cloud computing
such as Bring-Your-Own-Device(BYOD), Software Defined Networking
(SDN), Network Functions Virtualization (NFV), Big Data, NoSQL and
NewSQL storage systems and the rapidly evolving Internet of Things (IoT).

● Module 5 is based on Cloud Security, Risk, Compliance and Governance. This
module extensively delves into the challenges faced by cloud computing
while considering the different service and deployment models and their
impact on business value and risk. Common attack vectors are identified and
remediating controls are also considered and recommended.

● Module 6 focuses on the aspects of preparing for cloud adoption. An
enterprise needs to identify which applications, architecture solutions,
organizational capabilities,migration approaches and roles and
responsibilities of service providers and their dependencies lead to a
successful adoption of cloud computing services.

● Module 7, which is the last module of the course, introduces the NIST
concepts, architecture, actors and lifecycle of Cloud Service Management
such as Business Support, Provisioning and Configuration, and Portability
and Interoperability. Several cloud management products are also
mentioned in this course.

Real world scenarios based on concepts learnt during the course:
● Hybrid clouds - make use of the cloud bursting phenomenon. A couple of
years ago, Flipkart and Snapdeal, 2 of Indian major e-tailers announced their
first billionth-day sale, which ultimately resulted in disastrous performances.
Unexpecting the demand for these sales, the sites could not cope up and
went down several times during the day. Had they thought of or
implemented cloud bursting, there would not have been such major issues.

● In order to implement business continuity, disaster recovery and a better
performance (reducing latency), service providers such as AWS, Microsoft,
Google and others build data centers in various regions of the world and
support it with Content Delivery Networks (CDNs). AWS has 12 such
regions and 54 CDN’s in the world today.

● New technologies such as Big Data, NoSQL storage systems and Internet-
of-Things (IoT) are being supported by many service providers. AWS, for
example, uses Hadoop, DynamoDB and IoT, whereas Microsoft makes use
of HDInsight, DocumentDB and IoT Suite.

● Enterprises now use stronger security mechanisms to access the cloud -
strong passwords, multi-factor authentication, federated identity which
includes single sign-on, end-to-end homomorphic encryption, etc.

The CCC CTA certification tests participants on their understanding of cloud
computing concepts and the application of these principles in the organizations
that they work for. Organizations and certified individuals get fully geared to

● Select the right service provider and develop a proper ‘exit’ strategy so
that they are not ‘locked-into’ a proprietary service,
● Select the right cloud service and deployment model(s) so that resources
are scaled and utilized efficiently,
● Invest into the appropriate cloud service and deployment models and
other services so that cost-savings and security are balanced effectively,
● Test disaster-recovery systems and make use of High-Availability and
Fault-Tolerance features

Panel Interview
Training & Certification to Build a Career Path in Cloud and the
Future of Cloud

How does one navigate the cloud
certifications to build a clear career path?

What’s next?
One of the options moving forward after achieving the CTA certification is to plan and study for one of
the five CCC professional cloud courses.
Another option is to consider emerging prospects where the cloud interacts with several areas such as
● DevOps,
● Cybersecurity,
● Internet-of-Things (IoT),
● Data Science and Machine Learning.
Note that before one enters into specialization in these areas, a very good understanding of the cloud
concepts is a prerequisite.

What’s next?
The third option is to keep upgrading oneself to the latest developments in cloud
computing.
1. For example, the new standard for application execution environments is
seen to be the containers as against virtual machines.
Containers have several advantages over virtual machines such as:
● They can be easily migrated among groups and facilitate continuous delivery.
● They are much lighter than virtual machines, which raises hardware utilization rates and
improves economics.
● They start much more quickly than virtual machines enabling rapid instantiation.

What’s next? - Sudhakar Nagasampagi
Another field to enter / master is virtualization.
There are several types of virtualization such as:
● Server virtualization
● Storage virtualization
● Network virtualization
➔ Software Defined Networking (SDN)
➔ Network Functions Virtualization (NFV)
● Desktop virtualization
● Application Virtualization

Is it a viable career path / Investment of time in
certification?
Certification in cloud computing concepts or any other cloud related professional
courses from CCC is a viable career path and a valuable investment, because
● Participants have been tested and certified on their proper understanding
and application of the fundamental concepts in cloud computing and
virtualization. They are well equipped to work on SaaS /PaaS /IaaS models.
● Participants can confidently and wisely select, architect, design, develop,
secure and implement several cloud services optimally in their work areas.

Is it a viable career path / Investment of time in
certification?
● Participants can easily grasp the role of cloud computing with other
emerging technologies such as Big Data, Nosql, IoT etc. and integrate the
same where required.
● With cloud being embraced by more and more organizations, it is becoming
the de-facto standard in IT, and participants can use this qualification and
experience in their work areas to advance in their careers / professions.

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