Cloud Digital Leader (CDL) – Outline

Detailed Course Outline

Module 01: Digital Transformation with Google Cloud

Topics:

  • Why cloud technology is transforming business
  • Fundamental cloud concepts
  • Cloud computing models and shared responsibility

Objectives:

  • Explain why and how the cloud is revolutionizing businesses.
  • Explain general cloud concepts.
  • Discuss the benefits and tradeoffs of using infrastructure as a service (IaaS), platform as a service (PaaS), and software as a service (SaaS).
Module 02: Exploring Data Transformation with Google Cloud

Topics:

  • The value of data
  • Google Cloud data management solutions
  • Making data useful and accessible

Objectives:

  • Describe the intrinsic role that data plays in an organization's digital transformation.
  • Determine which Google Cloud data management products are applicable to different business use cases.
  • Discuss how smart analytics, business intelligence tools, and streaming analytics can add value in different business use cases.
Module 03: Innovating with Google Cloud Artificial Intelligence

Topics:

  • AI and ML fundamentals
  • Google Cloud’s AI and ML solutions

Objectives:

  • Discuss the main AI and ML concepts, and explain how ML can create business value.
  • Discuss the range of Google Cloud AI and ML solutions and products available, and how to select the most appropriate solution for different business use cases.
  • Explain how Google Cloud’s pre-trained API, AutoML, and custom AI/ML products can create business value
Module 04: Modernize Infrastructure and Applications with Google Cloud

Topics:

  • Important cloud migration terms
  • Modernizing infrastructure in the cloud
  • Modernizing applications in the cloud

Objectives:

  • Explain why modernization and migration to the cloud are important steps in an organization’s transformation journey, and how each application might have a different path.
  • Discuss the options for and advantages of running compute workloads in the cloud.
  • Discuss the advantages of using containers in application modernization.
  • Discuss the advantages of serverless computing in application modernization.
  • Explain the business value of application programming interfaces (APIs).
  • Discuss the business reasons for choosing hybrid or multi-cloud strategies and how GKE Enterprise enables these strategies.
Module 05: Trust and Security with Google Cloud

Topics:

  • Trust and security in the cloud
  • Google’s trusted infrastructure
  • Google Cloud’s trust principles and compliance

Objectives:

  • Discuss fundamental cloud security concepts.
  • Explain the business value of Google’s defense-in-depth multilayered approach to infrastructure security.
  • Describe how Google Cloud earns and maintains customer trust in the cloud.
Module 06: Scaling with Google Cloud Operations

Topics:

  • Financial governance and managing cloud costs
  • Operational excellence and reliability at scale
  • Sustainability with Google Cloud

Objectives:

  • Discuss how Google Cloud supports an organization's financial governance and ability to control their cloud costs.
  • Discuss the fundamental concepts of modern operations, reliability, and resilience in the cloud.
  • Discuss how Google Cloud helps organizations meet sustainability goals and reduce environmental impact.