IBM: Introduction to Cloud Computing
About this course
A broad, vendor-neutral introduction to cloud computing: service models (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS), deployment models (public, private, hybrid), core infrastructure (VMs, storage, networking, CDNs), emerging trends (microservices, serverless, DevOps, application modernization), and cloud security/monitoring basics. Includes a hands-on project deploying an application on IBM Cloud.
The honest take: despite featuring IBM Cloud in the hands-on labs, the conceptual content covers AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, and others even-handedly — this is a genuinely vendor-neutral primer, not an IBM Cloud sales pitch, which makes it a reasonable starting point regardless of which cloud platform you end up specializing in.
What you'll learn
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Instructor
Rav Ahuja is IBM's Global Program Director for the IBM Skills Network, leading curriculum strategy for AI, data science, and cloud courses on edX.
Requirements
- Basic computer literacy — no prior cloud computing or programming knowledge needed
Who this course is for
- Complete beginners exploring cloud computing
- Executives and managers wanting cloud literacy
- Aspiring cloud engineers, DevOps engineers, or cybersecurity analysts