First, What is the Cloud?

Speaker: Martin Capuder, CCSK, AWS-CCP, CISA, CPA, CFE, CIA, CAMS, CSCP

You have a ton of questions to start off with about the cloud.

• Why are companies, not-for-profits and government entities implementing a Cloud First or Cloud Smart Strategy? What does that type of strategy mean?
• How is the cloud different from on-premise data centers and other third party providers?
• What is the difference between an IaaS, PaaS and SaaS?
• Can you provide examples of each that I might be familiar with?
• Are there other XaaS variations?
• Who are the major major players?
• How quickly is the cloud growing?
• Will the cloud fizzle out like VCRs? (VCWhats?)
• Can you refer me to free resources to have me learn about the cloud?
• Do any cloud services offer free trials to allow me to learn and experiment?
• Are there many cloud jobs?
• How do I prepare for a cloud computing career?
• What are the leading professional certifications related to the cloud?

-What can I expect to learn from the Cloud First Series from this meetup group?

On December 11, professionally certified cloud trainers will try to answer all these questions and your's...