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Cloud and Virtualization Technologies

Career and Technical Education, Alabama State Department of Education (ALSDE)

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Cloud and Virtualization Technologies introduces the hardware and software components of cloud computing and virtualization with emphasis on basic skills for using internal networks and the Internet to access resources and comprehend the terminology, tools, and technologies associated with today’s top cloud platforms, including cloud-based devices, software, and security. The course also includes the uses and procedures of digital software versions of resources (virtualization).

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Gather and share information on the history and evolution of cloud computingDescribe the public, private, community, and hybrid deployment models for cloud computingSummarize the main service models for cloud computingExplain the advantages and disadvantages of cloud computingResearch and disseminate information about features and functions of commonly used cloud servicesIdentify cloud connectivity types, including direct connect and virtual private network (VPN), and list advantagesDescribe common types of access for cloud networksIdentify and describe cloud networking conceptsIdentify and describe cloud storage features and characteristicsDifferentiate among cloud storage typesEvaluate and assess cloud services based on a business scenario, including a feasibility study, gap analysisSummarize the expenses incurred by utilizing cloud computingDifferentiate among common types of cloud computing contracts and agreementsDescribe governance policies and principles relating to cloud computing. 35 andDescribe procedures for data management, availability, monitoring, and optimization of cloud service operationsDescribe common development operations used in cloud environmentsExplain risk management concepts specific to cloud environmentsDifferentiate among risk responses in cloud computing, including mitigation, acceptance, avoidance, and transferSummarize the availability concepts of cloud designExplain policies and procedures specific to cloud environmentsDescribe the legal restrictions and regulatory requirements specific to cloud environmentsExplain security concerns, measures, and concepts specific to cloud environmentsExplain the role and purposes of virtualization and when it should be implementedPrepare and install an operating system in a virtual environmentInstall hardware in a given virtualization scenarioResearch and discuss emerging cloud technologies
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