Detailed Course Outline
Module 01: Introduction to Digital Transformation with Google Cloud
- Why cloud technology is revolutionizing business
- Digital transformation with Google Cloud
- Scale the innovation mindset
- Define fundamental terms such as data, cloud technology, and digital transformation.
- Use customer use cases to demonstrate how cloud technology is transforming businesses.
- Recognize the Google Cloud solution areas and use cases for each.
- Describe key principles that help to scale an innovation mindset across an organization.
Module 02: Innovating with Data and Google Cloud
- The value of data
- Data consolidation and analytics
- Innovation with machine learning
- Describe the role of data in digital transformation and the importance of a data-driven culture.
- Identify common Google Cloud solutions for data management
- Identify common Google Cloud solutions for smart analytics
- Identify Google Cloud’s solutions for Machine Learning and AI
Module 03: Infrastructure and Application Modernization with Google Cloud
- Modernizing IT infrastructure with Google Cloud
- Modernizing applications with Google Cloud
- The value of APIs
- Describe the key benefits of infrastructure and application modernization with reference to cloud technology.
- Differentiate between virtual machines, containers, and serverless computing.
- Explain the Google Cloud solutions that help businesses to better manage their systems, such as App Engine and Google Kubernetes Engine.
- Explain how Google Cloud solutions support app modernization and simplify API management.
Module 04:Understanding Google Cloud Security and Operations
- Financial governance in the cloud
- Security in the cloud
- Monitoring cloud IT services and operations
- Describe financial governance in the cloud and Google Cloud's recommended best practices for effective cloud cost management.
- Define a shared responsibility model for optimal cloud security.
- Explain how IT teams and business leaders can use principles from DevOps and SRE to increase cloud operational efficiency.
- Identify Google Cloud solutions for cloud resource monitoring and application performance management.