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Google Cloud Digital Leader Training Professional Certificate
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Google Cloud Digital Leader Training Professional Certificate

Gain foundational literacy in cloud & digital transformation. Increase your cloud confidence so you can speak with colleagues in technical cloud roles and contribute to informed cloud-related business decisions.

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Earn a career credential that demonstrates your expertise
4.8

(2,822 reviews)

Beginner level

Recommended experience

4 weeks to complete
at 10 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

  • Recall fundamental cloud terminology.

  • Identify Google Cloud products and solutions that support digital transformation.

  • Explain how cloud technology and data can be leveraged to innovate within organizations.

  • Identify key change patterns and Google Cloud products for infrastructure and application modernization.

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What you'll learn

  • Explain why and how the cloud revolutionizes 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).

Skills you'll gain

Category: Infrastructure As A Service (IaaS)
Category: Software As A Service
Category: Cloud Infrastructure
Category: Digital Transformation
Category: Cloud Computing
Category: Capital Expenditure
Category: Public Cloud
Category: Cloud Services
Category: Technology Strategies
Category: Multi-Cloud
Category: Hybrid Cloud Computing
Category: Platform As A Service (PaaS)
Category: Cloud Security
Category: Google Cloud Platform
Category: Business Transformation

What you'll learn

  • Examine the value of data and how it affects customer experiences.

  • Explore the different Google Cloud data management solutions that are available.

  • Learn about the ways Google Cloud products have made data more useful and accessible to a workforce.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Google Cloud Platform
Category: Data Governance
Category: Cloud Storage
Category: Looker (Software)
Category: Business Intelligence
Category: Data Management
Category: Data Processing
Category: Analytics
Category: Dataflow
Category: Big Data
Category: Database Systems
Category: Data Warehousing
Category: Digital Transformation
Category: Real Time Data
Category: Data Migration

What you'll learn

  • Explore key artificial intelligence and machine learning concepts.

  • Describe ways machine learning can create value for businesses.

  • Examine Google Cloud artificial intelligence and machine learning products and services.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Google Cloud Platform
Category: Artificial Intelligence
Category: Cloud API
Category: Machine Learning
Category: Cloud Computing
Category: Data Quality
Category: Business Solutions
Category: Data Ethics
Category: Tensorflow
Category: Applied Machine Learning
Category: Data Science
Category: Natural Language Processing

What you'll learn

  • Understand the role that cloud modernization and migration plays in an organization's digital transformation.

  • Examine available options to run compute workloads in the cloud.

  • Explore the advantages of using containers, serverless computing, and APIs in application modernization.

  • Learn about the business reasons to choose hybrid or multi-cloud strategies, and how GKE Enterprise can help support these strategies.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Containerization
Category: Hybrid Cloud Computing
Category: Microservices
Category: Kubernetes
Category: Serverless Computing
Category: Cloud Computing
Category: Application Programming Interface (API)
Category: Multi-Cloud
Category: Application Development
Category: Cloud Infrastructure
Category: Cloud-Native Computing
Category: Virtual Machines
Category: Google Cloud Platform

What you'll learn

  • Identify fundamental security concepts.

  • Explore the business value of Google’s defense-in-depth multilayered approach to infrastructure security.

  • Learn how Google Cloud works to earn and maintain customer trust in the cloud.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Cloud Security
Category: Distributed Denial-Of-Service (DDoS) Attacks
Category: Cybersecurity
Category: Identity and Access Management
Category: Data Storage
Category: Data Centers
Category: Cloud Computing
Category: Authentications
Category: Encryption
Category: Public Cloud
Category: Data Security
Category: Infrastructure Security
Category: Network Security
Category: Authorization (Computing)

What you'll learn

  • Learn how Google Cloud can help organizations manage cloud finances and costs.

  • Explore the basic concepts of modern cloud operations, reliability, and resilience.

  • Learn how Google Cloud helps organizations reach their sustainability goals and reduce their environmental impact.

Skills you'll gain

Category: System Monitoring
Category: Site Reliability Engineering
Category: Cost Management
Category: Google Cloud Platform
Category: Corporate Sustainability
Category: Cloud-Native Computing
Category: Operational Efficiency
Category: Cloud Management
Category: Cloud Infrastructure
Category: Budget Management
Category: Scalability
Category: DevOps
Category: Operational Excellence
Category: Customer Support
Category: Cloud Computing

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