Cloud Computing — A Complete Series

Cloud Computing — A Complete Series

“Cloud” is one of the most-used words in tech — but what actually sits underneath it? This series steps away from any single provider and focuses on the ideas that make the cloud work: what cloud computing really means, the building blocks every cloud is made of, the characteristics that set it apart from a traditional data center, and the standards bodies that keep the whole ecosystem interoperable.

It’s a beginner-friendly foundation. Whether you’re about to learn AWS, Azure, or GCP, these concepts carry across all of them — so you understand why the cloud behaves the way it does, not just which buttons to click. The series draws on the book Cloud Computing For Dummies.

What You’ll Learn

  • What cloud computing and “the cloud” actually are, and the deployment models (public, private, hybrid, and multi-cloud)
  • The core components of a cloud — resource pools, delivery models (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS), and its foundational and management services
  • The characteristics that define a cloud, from billing and self-service provisioning to security and monitoring
  • The organizations that build cloud standards and why those standards matter

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