{"id":11225,"date":"2014-08-05T11:03:44","date_gmt":"2014-08-05T11:03:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cloudcomputing-news.net\/news\/2014\/aug\/05\/roundup-of-cloud-computing-online-courses\/"},"modified":"2014-08-05T11:03:44","modified_gmt":"2014-08-05T11:03:44","slug":"a-roundup-of-latest-cloud-computing-online-courses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/a-roundup-of-latest-cloud-computing-online-courses\/","title":{"rendered":"A roundup of latest cloud computing online courses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Amazon Web Services, Coursera, <span class=\"forbes_entity\">Google<\/span>, MIT Courseware and <span class=\"forbes_entity\">Microsoft<\/span> are accelerating the depth and variety of cloud computing courses, courseware and learning materials they are freely making available online.<\/p>\n<p>Over the last six months since the last <a href=\"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/louiscolumbus\/2014\/01\/30\/roundup-of-free-cloud-computing-online-courses\/\">Roundup Of Free Cloud Computing Online Courses<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/aws.amazon.com\/training\/\">Amazon Web Services<\/a> has added an additional series of free instructional videos, self-paced labs and selected free courses in the seven areas their AWS Training programs focus on. <span class=\"forbes_entity\">Microsoft<\/span>&rsquo;s Virtual Academy has grown to include more courses, training material and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com\/ebooks#azure\">entire section of free downloadable books from Microsoft Press<\/a>. &nbsp;<span class=\"forbes_entity\">Google<\/span>&rsquo;s continual additions to the Developer Academy include online courses to learn more about <a href=\"https:\/\/developers.google.com\/appengine\/training\/\">Google AppEngine, Python App Engine and Google Cloud SQL<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Coursera and the University of Maryland, <span class=\"forbes_entity\">University of New Mexico<\/span> and <span class=\"forbes_entity\">Vanderbilt University<\/span> are all offering free courses on Android, mobile and web application development.&nbsp; MIT Courseware continues to add useful courses across the broad spectrum of subjects they cover. The dominant theme of all courses is a new focus on creating and launching a new cloud computing application during the course.<\/p>\n<p><q>One of the best indicators of how serious a software company is about their developer evangelism strategy is how much they invest in free training<\/q><\/p>\n<p><strong>Update on Cloud Computing Online Courses &ndash; Full Index Available For Download<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>One of the best indicators of how serious a software company is about their developer evangelism strategy is how much they invest in free training, easily accessible knowledge, and work to break down learning barriers.&nbsp; Amazon Web Services, <span class=\"forbes_entity\">Google<\/span> and <span class=\"forbes_entity\">Microsoft<\/span> are each accelerating these areas quickly. &nbsp;Each are choosing to freely provide valuable training videos, books and content in the hope of attracting and educating more developers.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to these extensive evangelism efforts, there are several excellent courses and educational programs available entirely online at various price points.&nbsp; <a href=\"http:\/\/lcolumbus.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/07\/roundup-of-cloud-computing-courses-update-july-27-2014-final.pdf\">You can find entire roundup of cloud computing online courses and programs here (in PDF)<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/lcolumbus.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/07\/roundup-of-cloud-computing-courses-update-july-27-2014-final.docx\">also in Microsoft Word<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The following table compares the free cloud computing online courses. &nbsp;Please click on the graphic to expand for easier reading.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cloudcomputing-news.net\/media\/free-cloud-computing-courses-july.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6383\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs-images.forbes.com\/louiscolumbus\/files\/2014\/07\/Free-cloud-computing-courses-July.jpg\" alt=\"Free cloud computing courses July\" width=\"730\" height=\"557\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Key Take-Aways:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Coursera &amp; the <span class=\"forbes_entity\">University of New Mexico<\/span> are partner to offer the free course <\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.coursera.org\/course\/webapplications\">Web Application Architectures<\/a> starting next month.<\/strong> By the end of this course, students will be able to design, develop and deploy a modern web application. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coursera.org\/course\/webapplications\">You can find more information about the course here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><span class=\"forbes_entity\">DePaul University<\/span> College of Computing and Digital Media is offering a <\/strong><strong>Cloud Computing Technologies Program where students will build their own cloud applications.<\/strong>&nbsp; Using Amazon Web Services, <span class=\"forbes_entity\">IBM<\/span>, <span class=\"forbes_entity\">Microsoft<\/span> and Salesforce cloud platforms, students will learn how to create and manage cloud-based applications.&nbsp; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cdm.depaul.edu\/ipd\/Programs\/Pages\/CloudComputing.aspx\">The eleven-week in-depth program in the principles, methods, and technologies of Cloud Computing.<\/a> The program provides a broad understanding of the different leading Cloud Computing technologies.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><span class=\"forbes_entity\">Stanford University<\/span> is offering <a href=\"http:\/\/scpd.stanford.edu\/search\/publicCourseSearchDetails.do?method=load&amp;courseId=11815\">CS309A &ndash; Cloud Computing<\/a> one of the most sought-after online courses in this field, from September 23<sup>rd<\/sup> to December 16<sup>th<\/sup>, 2014.<\/strong>&nbsp; This class includes discussions with cloud computing industry leaders and CEOs who share their vision of the future of software-powered businesses.&nbsp; Previous guest speakers include Hamish Brewer, CEO, JDA Software, Godfrey Sulliva, CEO, <span class=\"forbes_entity\">Splunk<\/span>, Human Shah, CEO, RMS, Rob Bearden, CEO, Hortonworks, Bill Ruh, VP &amp; Corporate Officer, GE Global Software and Aaron Levie, CEO, Box. &nbsp;&nbsp;The course is taught by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cloudbook.net\/community\/contributors\/timothy-chou\">Timothy Chou<\/a>, a widely recognized pioneer in cloud computing.&nbsp; He has been teaching introductory computer architecture at Stanford for 15 years. &nbsp;He has an extensive background in cloud computing and is a high energy, engaging speaker.&nbsp; &nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/profile\/view?id=110678&amp;authType=NAME_SEARCH&amp;authToken=KxMp&amp;locale=en_US&amp;trk=tyah2&amp;trkInfo=tarId%3A1406477619615%2Ctas%3Atimoty%20cho%2Cidx%3A1-1-1\">You can find his LinkedIn profile here.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amazon Web Services, Coursera, Google, MIT Courseware and Microsoft are accelerating the depth and variety of cloud computing courses, courseware and learning materials they are freely making available online.<br \/>\nOver the last six months since the last Ro&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":56,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11225","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11225","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/56"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11225"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11225\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}