Tools for Success: Cloud Cost Assessment Certification
What you'll learn
- Learn the essential elements of cloud migration planning and strategy
- Understand and implement cost optimization strategies for cloud migrations, including right-sizing, server consolidation, and containerization
- Preserve and deepen VMware skillsets with VMware-on-Cloud migration strategies
- Perform automated, unbiased cloud migration assessments with Akasia Cloud modeling software
Requirements
- No prerequisites required, although experience in IT and/or cloud is highly recommended for the best course experience.
Description
Welcome to Akasia Cloud's inaugural certification course! Whether you are new to cloud migration assessments or have years of cloud migration experience, this course will deepen your understanding of how to conduct cloud cost assessments to maximize savings and optimize performance in the cloud. Our course covers the basics of cloud migration assessments, various cloud architecture scenarios, and factors to consider before performing a cloud cost assessment. Additionally, you will learn how to perform cloud migration assessments in practice, avoiding the common pitfalls of cloud migration and leveraging the benefits of VMware-on-Cloud.
This course will give you the confidence to approach cloud migration assessments with confidence, equipped with the knowledge and skills necessary to identify the most cost-effective cloud migration path. You will also receive an official Cloud Migration Cost Assessment Certification (CMCAC) to add to your CV.
Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:
Understand the fundamentals of the cloud migration assessment process
Identify the key factors and architecture scenarios to consider when planning a cloud migration
Understand the factors necessary to consider before performing a cloud migration assessment
Prevent the most common pitfalls of cloud migration projects
Develop expertise in the “win-win” cost savings and job security opportunities available with VMware-on-Cloud
Who this course is for:
- IT and cloud migration professionals looking for ongoing education in cloud migration planning and methods.
Instructor
Over the last 23 years, Cadman has worked for enterprise software companies in the area of server consolidation, virtualization, cloud computing, DR / HA, and database replication. He has held senior product marketing and product management positions at IBM, PlateSpin, Cybermation, Datamirror. and is currently CMO at Akasia, Inc, a leading cloud cost assessment software provider. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering and an MBA in Finance and Marketing.