IBM Certified Advisor - Cloud Foundations v1 - Exam Prep Workshop

Cloud computing

• Cloud definition
• Cloud platform services
  • Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
  • Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS)
  • Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)
• Types of Cloud
  • Public
  • Private
  • Hybrid
  • IBM Cloud
  • IBM Cloud Private

IBM Cloud

• Public Cloud
• Private cloud on IBM Cloud
• Hybrid cloud on IBM Cloud
• IBM Cloud Private
• Single cloud vs Multi-cloud Solution
• IBM Cloud Functions
  • Cloud Foundry
  • Containers - Docker
  • IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service
  • VMware Solutions Portal
    • VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF)
  • Virtual servers
  • Boot storage for virtual servers
  • Bare metal server
  • IBM Cloud Garage
    • IBM Cloud Garage Method
    • IBM Garage Method Reference Architectures

Security       

• Security Services
• Secure Gateway
• App ID
• IBM Cloud Virtual Private Cloud
• Vulnerability Advisor
• Cloud Internet Services
  • DDoS protection
  • WAF
  • Global load balancer
• IPSec VPN

Networking  

• IBM Cloud Infrastructure global network
  • Public Network
  • Private network
  • IBM Cloud management network
• Account isolation in Bluemix Infrastructure
• How are VLANs used by IBM Bluemix Infrastructure?
• VLAN spanning in Bluemix Infrastructure
• Firewalls in IBM Cloud
  • Operating System level firewall
  • Multitenant firewall
  • Dedicated hardware firewall
  • FortiGate Security Appliance (FSA)
  • vRouter
• Load balancers
  • IBM Cloud LLB
  • NetScaler
  • IBM Cloud Infrastructure GSLB functionality
  • Security Groups

DevOps

Monitoring   

• Metrics
• Logging
• Synthetic Monitoring

Storage 

• Cloud Storage
  • Block storage iSCSI
  • File storage
• Cloud configuration options
  • Endurance tiered IOPS
  • Performance Allocated IOPS
• Object Storage         
  • IBM Cloud Infrastructure Cloud Object Storage (COS)
  • IBM Cloud Infrastructure COS Standard Regional (OpenStack)
  • IBM Cloud Infrastructure COS Standard Cross-Region (S3 API)
• Mass storage (bring your own storage)
  • Examples of data types stored in Object Storage
  • Example uses of Object Storage
• Content Delivery Network (CDN)
• A Storage Cloud
  • Public Storage cloud
  • Private storage cloud
  • Local private storage cloud
  • Hybrid storage cloud

Application Design           

Microservices         

• Microclimates
• Urbancode
• IBM Cloud Functions
• API Connect
• Economy of API
• Enterprise Design Thinking
• Strangler Application pattern
• IBM Cloud Log Analysis
• IBM Blockchain Platform
• Watson Assistant

Designing for IBM Cloud

• IBM Cloud Garage
• IBM Cloud Garage Method
  • Culture
  • Discover
  • Think
  • Develop
  • Reason
  • Operate
  • Learn
• Application Modernization

Watson         

• Watson Studio
• Watson Knowledge Catalog
  • Watson Assistant
  • Watson Discovery
  • Watson IoT Platform (This may need more)
  • Watson Speech to Text (STT)
  • Watson Text to Speech (TTS)
  • Watson Language Translator
  • Watson Natural Language Classifier
  • Watson Natural Language Understanding
  • Watson Visual Recognition
  • Watson Tone Analyzer
  • Watson Personality Insights
  • Data Refinery
  • Watson Machine Learning
  • Deep Learning
  • Analytics Engine
  • Skytap
  • IBM App Connect
  • IBM App Connect Enterprise
  • IBM Cloud Event Management
  • Event Streams for IBM Cloud
  • Hybrid integration services

VMware        

• VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF)
  • Benefits
• vCenter Server
• VMware Back-up and Disaster Recovery
  • Veeam
  • Zerto
  • Multi-Datacenter

To prepare students to take the certification exam, this class will review:

• Cloud computing and the IBM Cloud
• IBM Cloud Infrastructure-as-a-Service
• IBM Cloud Platform-as-a-Service
• IBM Cloud Software-as-a-Service
• Big Data
• Designing for the IBM Cloud
• IBM Cloud solutions­­

Participants should have:

• An understanding of Cloud concepts
• Knowledge about defining IT Cloud architecture needs
• A working knowledge of IBM Cloud Service Management architecture
• A working knowledge of IBM Cloud architecture principles and patterns
• Working knowledge of designing a comprehensive IBM Cloud solution
• Working knowledge of how to implement IBM Cloud Infrastructure concepts
• Working knowledge of the various types of clouds and -as a service- offerings
• Working knowledge of the cloud infrastructure technologies: systems, storage, security, networking, virtualization technologies, etc. (functional and non-functional requirements)

Sales Professionals, Architects, Consultants, and Developers