Module 01 Introduction to Digital Transformation with Google Cloud

Topics

• • Why cloud technology is revolutionizing business
• • Digital transformation with Google Cloud
• • Scale the innovation mindset

Objectives

• • Define fundamental terms such as data, cloud technology, and digital transformation.
• • Use customer use cases to demonstrate how cloud technology is transforming
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• • Recognize the Google Cloud solution areas and use cases for each.
• • Describe key principles that help to scale an innovation mindset across an
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Activities

• • Think about technology which no longer exists
• • Apply cloud to solve your business challenges
• • Identify the two core modernization areas
• • Knowledge check - practice exam questions

 

Module 02 Innovating with Data and Google Cloud

Topics

• • The value of data
• • Data consolidation and analytics
• • Innovation with machine learning

Objectives

• • Describe the role of data in digital transformation and the importance of
• • a data-driven culture.
• • Identify common Google Cloud solutions for data management
• • Identify common Google Cloud solutions for smart analytics
• • Identify Google Cloud’s solutions for Machine Learning and AI

Activities

• • Organize your business datasets into ‘buckets’
• • Identify the best data management solution
• • Knowledge check - practice exam questions

 

Module 03 Infrastructure and Application Modernization with Google Cloud

Topics

• • Modernizing IT infrastructure with Google Cloud
• • Modernizing applications with Google Cloud
• • The value of APIs

Objectives

• • Describe the key benefits of infrastructure and application modernization with
• • reference to cloud technology.
• • Differentiate between virtual machines, containers, and serverless computing.
• • Explain the Google Cloud solutions that help businesses to better manage their
• • systems, such as App Engine and Google Kubernetes Engine.
• • Explain how Google Cloud solutions support app modernization and simplify API
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Activities

• • Address business challenges with infrastructure modernization
• • Relate infrastructure modernization options to your business
• • Identify five key patterns for application modernization
• • Knowledge check - practice exam questions

 

Module 04 Understanding Google Cloud Security and Operations

Topics

• • Financial governance in the cloud
• • Security in the cloud
• • Monitoring cloud IT services and operations

Objectives

• • Describe financial governance in the cloud and Google Cloud's recommended best
• • practices for effective cloud cost management.
• • Define a shared responsibility model for optimal cloud security.
• • Explain how IT teams and business leaders can use principles from DevOps and SRE
• • to increase cloud operational efficiency.
• • Identify Google Cloud solutions for cloud resource monitoring and application performance management

Activities

• • Identify how to improve operations using cost management approaches
• • Recall and identify common cybersecurity threats
• • Review misconceptions about security in the cloud
• • Identify permissions and access requirements
• • Knowledge check - practice exam questions