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Phase 1 · Cloud Computing Foundations

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What Cloud Computing Actually Is

Part of the Cloud Computing Roadmap.

Summary

Renting compute, storage and networking on-demand from a provider instead of owning physical hardware — paying only for what you use, and scaling up or down within minutes instead of months.

How to Learn This

  • 1Read 2-3 'day in the life of a cloud engineer' posts from different companies.
  • 2List 3 things that used to take weeks (buying servers) that the cloud reduced to minutes.
  • 3Notice cloud computing is a delivery model, not a single technology or product.

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Cloud vs On-Premise Infrastructure

More topics in Cloud Computing Foundations

Cloud vs On-Premise InfrastructureIaaS vs PaaS vs SaaSPublic, Private & Hybrid CloudMajor Cloud Providers Overview (AWS, Azure, GCP)The Shared Responsibility ModelCloud Career Roles (Cloud Engineer, Architect, SRE)A Day in the Life of a Cloud EngineerThe Cloud Career Ladder
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