Module 01: Digital Transformation with Google Cloud
Topics:
Why cloud technology is transforming business
Fundamental cloud concepts
Cloud computing models and shared responsibility
Objectives:
Explain why and how the cloud is revolutionizing businesses.
Explain general cloud concepts.
Discuss the benefits and tradeoffs of using infrastructure as a service (IaaS), platform as a service (PaaS), and software as a service (SaaS).
Module 02: Exploring Data Transformation with Google Cloud
Topics:
The value of data
Google Cloud data management solutions
Making data useful and accessible
Objectives:
Describe the intrinsic role that data plays in an organization's digital transformation.
Determine which Google Cloud data management products are applicable to different business use cases.
Discuss how smart analytics, business intelligence tools, and streaming analytics can add value in different business use cases.
Module 03: Innovating with Google Cloud Artificial Intelligence
Topics:
AI and ML fundamentals
Google Cloud’s AI and ML solutions
Objectives:
Discuss the main AI and ML concepts, and explain how ML can create business value.
Discuss the range of Google Cloud AI and ML solutions and products available, and how to select the most appropriate solution for different business use cases.
Explain how Google Cloud’s pre-trained API, AutoML, and custom AI/ML products can create business value
Module 04: Modernize Infrastructure and Applications with Google Cloud
Topics:
Important cloud migration terms
Modernizing infrastructure in the cloud
Modernizing applications in the cloud
Objectives:
Explain why modernization and migration to the cloud are important steps in an organization’s transformation journey, and how each application might have a different path.
Discuss the options for and advantages of running compute workloads in the cloud.
Discuss the advantages of using containers in application modernization.
Discuss the advantages of serverless computing in application modernization.
Explain the business value of application programming interfaces (APIs).
Discuss the business reasons for choosing hybrid or multi-cloud strategies and how GKE Enterprise enables these strategies.
Module 05: Trust and Security with Google Cloud
Topics:
Trust and security in the cloud
Google’s trusted infrastructure
Google Cloud’s trust principles and compliance
Objectives:
Discuss fundamental cloud security concepts.
Explain the business value of Google’s defense-in-depth multilayered approach to infrastructure security.
Describe how Google Cloud earns and maintains customer trust in the cloud.
Module 06: Scaling with Google Cloud Operations
Topics:
Financial governance and managing cloud costs
Operational excellence and reliability at scale
Sustainability with Google Cloud
Objectives:
Discuss how Google Cloud supports an organization's financial governance and ability to control their cloud costs.
Discuss the fundamental concepts of modern operations, reliability, and resilience in the cloud.
Discuss how Google Cloud helps organizations meet sustainability goals and reduce environmental impact.