
Learn about the technology behind and market-use cases of IaaS (infrastructure as a service) in this free online course. This course offers beginners an introduction to cloud computing and IaaS (infrastructure as a service). Cloud computing includes a variety of cloud service models, like SaaS (software as a service, IaaS, PaaS (platform as a service), and FaaS (function as a service). You will learn the key terms in cloud computing and then focus on understanding the IaaS model.
| Course Category | Cloud Computing, Computers & IT (Information Technology) |
| Course Type | Online Learning |
| Course Qualification | CPD Certificate |
| Course Duration | 1.5-3 hours |
| Course Fee | Free |
| Entry Requirements | Like all courses on the Alison Free Learning platform this is a free, CPD-accredited course. A Graduate can choose to buy a certificate or diploma upon successful completion of a course, but this is not required or necessary. At Alison we believe that free education, more than anything, has the power to break through boundaries and transform lives. Alison is the world’s largest free online empowerment platform for education and skills training, offering over 5000 CPD accredited courses and a range of impactful career development tools. It is a for-profit social enterprise dedicated to making it possible for anyone, to study anything, anywhere, at any time, for free online, at any subject level. Through our mission, we are a catalyst for positive social change, creating opportunity, prosperity, and equality for everyone. |
| Career Path | What You Will Learn In This Free Course • Define the concept of cloud computing • Classify private and public clouds • Classify cloud service models • Categorize virtualization technologies including VMs and containers • Describe the concept of vertical and horizontal scaling • Discuss the connection between microservices and cloud-native apps • Explain how IaaS is transforming IT into a utility • Classify the building blocks of cloud computing • Discuss IaaS pricing models • Evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of IaaS • Recognize typical market-use cases |
| Course Code | 4283 |



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