Foundations of cloud computing for administrators

What you'll learn

• Explain the concept of cloud computing
• Briefly understand how computing systems across domains dealt with scale before the cloud
• Briefly recall the recent history of cloud computing, illustrating its evolution
• List some of the enabling technologies in cloud computing, and discuss their significance
• Recognize cloud service models such as IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS and differentiate between them
• Enumerate the different types of clouds, and compare and contrast them
• List some of the common cloud providers and the features offered in their cloud stacks
• Articulate the economic benefits of the cloud paradigm for cloud users and cloud service providers
• Discuss some of the advantages and disadvantages of the cloud paradigm
• Define SLAs and SLOs and describe their importance in Cloud Computing
• Recall popular cloud use case scenarios