Alibaba Cloud Fundamentals: The Five Pillar Technologies

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So you want to build an application on Alibaba Cloud? But do you know the five "pillar technologies" that "hold" up a typical cloud application?

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Overview

Alibaba Cloud Fundamentals: The Five Pillar Technologies

At the core of every cloud application, there are five indispensable technologies. Namely, elastic computing, networking, storage, databases, and security. Learn about the basics of these five "pillar technologies", and get to know the offerings Alibaba Cloud provides for these verticals.

Learning outcomes

Upon completion of this learning path, you will be able to:

Describe the basic architecture of a cloud application

List the five "pillar technologies" of cloud applications

Describe elastic compute technologies and list the services offered by Alibaba Cloud

Describe database technologies and list the services offered by Alibaba Cloud

Describe networking technologies and list the services offered by Alibaba Cloud

Describe storage technologies and list the services offered by Alibaba Cloud

Describe security technologies and list the services offered by Alibaba Cloud

Modules

This learning path contains the following modules:

Introduction to Alibaba Cloud

15 min•Fundamental

This module brings you along on a journey with Alibaba Cloud, from their establishment to their leading position in today's global cloud marketspace.

Introduction to cloud computing

15 min•Fundamental

This module introduces you to cloud computing. It covers things such as cloud concepts, deployment models, and understanding shared responsibility in the cloud.

Why use the cloud?

15 min•Fundamental

This module introduces you to the benefits cloud computing can offer you or your organization.

Cloud service types

15 min•Fundamental

This module covers the different cloud service types and shares some of the use cases and benefits aligned with each service type.

Cloud deployment models

15 min•Fundamental

This module covers the different cloud deployment models and how each model fills a different niche.

Course information

Resource type:
Learning path

Duration:
1 hour

Rewards:
•Completion badge for each module
•ClouderS Certification

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