IBM: IBM Cloud Technical Advocate

About this course

5 weeks

2 – 3 hours per week

Self-paced

Progress at your own speed

“This course will soon be retired"

This training provides a solid foundation of cloud computing concepts, infrastructure, and service models and includes insight on career paths for potential cloud practitioners. As you dive into this training, you will discover the networking, compute, storage, and security options available on IBM Cloud and explore how to integrate these options with IBM Cloud® services to create transformative cloud solutions. Upon successful completion of the course, learners enrolled in the Verified Certificate Track will receive an edX certificate as well as a code for 50% off the IBM Cloud Technical Advocate certification exam. Upon receiving a passing score on the exam, the IBM Certified Technical Advocate Cloud certification will be awarded by Credly. Becoming certified as an IBM Cloud Technical Advocate validates your skills and can broaden your career opportunities.

At a glance

Institution:IBM
Subject:Computer Science
Level:Introductory
Prerequisites:None

Language:English
Video Transcript:English
Associated skills:Advocacy, Cloud Computing, IBM Cloud Computing

What you'll learn

Introduction to Cloud:

Recall the IBM Cloud job roles
Define cloud computing and explain its essential characteristics, history, and emerging trends
Identify service and deployment models of cloud computing and explain the benefits of each
Identify benefits clients may achieve from implementing cloud computing

IBM Cloud Fundamentals:

Recognize the features and components of the IBM Cloud Platform
Identify IBM Cloud resources available to support client solutions
Match IBM Cloud Catalog services with their specific functionality
Recall key security and compliance measures implemented in the IBM Cloud Platform
Identify elements of DevSecOps and how IBM Cloud services are delivered to the teams
Summarize core groups of available database, integration, and analytics services

Networking:

Identify IBM Cloud networking components and list their advantages
Distinguish between classic and VPC networks
Identify IBM Cloud network security services and options

Compute:

Identify compute options on IBM Cloud and their advantages
Identify use cases of compute offerings
Identify containers, their uses, and their advantages
Identify container orchestration options on IBM Cloud and their advantages

Storage:

List the high-level concepts of IBM Cloud storage offerings and their advantages
Recognize the value of the different IBM Cloud Managed Database options
Identify storage security options for IBM Cloud
List the benefits and options of IBM Hyper Protect Crypto services
Recognize the benefits and options of IBM Backup, Recovery, and Replication Solutions

Services:

Identify Integration options for IBM Cloud Integration Use Cases and list the benefits they provide
Identify Integration options for IBM Cloud Edge Solutions and list the benefits they provide
Identify Integration options for IBM Cloud AI and Analytics and list the benefits they provide

Cloud Native Overview:

Identify the key enabling technologies of cloud native applications and explain the benefits they provide
Describe the benefits of modernizing existing applications