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Introduction to Cloud Computing - 2026
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Introduction to Cloud Computing - 2026

Learn about evolution of cloud and cloud models
Created byAnand Rao Nednur
Last updated 4/2026
English
English [Auto],

What you'll learn

  • Learn the Cloud models and evolution of cloud

Course content

3 sections • 20 lectures • 1h 49m total length

  • Introduction0:56

    Explore the evolution of cloud computing, the cloud ecosystem, deployment models, and provider versus user responsibilities. Review the five key cloud characteristics, Gartner charts, and Microsoft data centers' locations.

  • The Need for Cloud Computing12:31

    Explore the need for cloud computing, from client-server to cloud services, and outline core components—compute, memory, storage, databases, and networks—along with server sprawl and remote-work security challenges.

  • The Definition of Cloud Computing4:51

    NIST defines cloud computing as on-demand access to a shared pool of configurable computing resources, enabling self-service provisioning from anywhere and reducing capital expenditure, operational costs, and time to market.

  • Evolution of Cloud and Cloud Models5:16

    Explore the evolution of information technology from legacy data centers to virtualization and cloud models, including private, public, and hybrid clouds. Learn deployment models such as SaaS and PaaS.

  • What is SAAS , PAAS and IAAS4:54

    Explore software as a service, platform as a service, and infrastructure as a service, with browser-based access to cloud apps like Gmail, Salesforce, and Office 365.

  • Who is responsible for Data in cloud?9:52

    Identify who is responsible for data in the cloud across infrastructure, platform, and software services, and how customers protect it with encryption, backups, and access controls.

  • The Five Key characterists of Cloud Computing8:03

    Learn about the five key characteristics of cloud computing—on-demand self-service, broad network access, resource pooling, rapid elasticity, and measured service—and how horizontal and vertical scaling respond to demand.

  • Benefits of Cloud Computing9:11

    discover how cloud computing delivers cost efficiency through consumption-based pricing, eliminates upfront infrastructure costs, and enables on-demand scalability, reliability, and security via global regions and automated updates.

  • CapEx Vs OpEx2:54

    Compare CapEx and OpEx in cloud computing, highlighting upfront infrastructure costs versus pay-as-you-go services, and explain how cloud adoption lowers barriers to market entry.

  • Cloud DataCenters : Where are they?2:03

    Explore Microsoft's global footprint of data centers across continents, including the east and west coasts of the United States, and learn how region selection drives provisioning.

  • What is Gartner saying about Cloud Providers?1:46

    The lecture traces Gartner’s magic quadrant for cloud providers, showing leaders like Microsoft and AWS in 2016, Google rising to visionaries by 2017, and a shift toward Google Cloud.

  • Please Read this0:29

    Read a simplified, engaging definition of cloud computing and discover how the definition is presented to clarify the concept.

Requirements

  • 1-2 Years experience in IT
  • Basic Understanding of computers and networks

Description

This course is designed to clear up the many misunderstandings about Cloud Computing and to give you a crystal clear and easy to understand explanation of exactly what it is, how it works, the different options available, the advantages provided and how much it's going to cost.

And I'm not just going to give you the theory, I'm going to show you practical examples which you can follow along with yourself so you'll understand exactly how Cloud Computing works in the real world.

I start off with a review in Module 1 of the traditional deployment models of On Premises and Colo so you can understand how Cloud changes things, then explain how server virtualisation revolutionised data center design and paved the way for Cloud.

we will also understand Cloud Computing by listing the Essential Characteristics of Cloud services.

You'll learn about the Cloud Service Models of IaaS, PaaS and SaaS.

The Cloud Deployment Models of Public Cloud, Private Cloud, Hybrid Cloud and Community Cloud are also covered.

As a student in this course, you will get an answer to every question you ask in the Ask Question section. I love interaction with my students- anything you want to know, please ask.

Thank you for taking the time to read about the course. I hope you now have enough motivation to get into the learning right away. If so, click the Enroll Now button at the top of the page to get started!

Who this course is for:

  • Individuals interested to learn about cloud computing
  • New Entrants in cloud space.

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