Intro to Cloud Computing
BU355 – 12 hours
COURSE FEE: $1,000
Instructor: Dr. K.J. Reddy
Date: TBA
Day: TBA
Time: TBA
For more information, please contact rvccwtc@raritanval.edu
This course is designed for those who are not familiar with present-day cloud computing and want to learn how businesses use the cloud to efficiently manage servers and save costs.
This Intro to Cloud Computing course equips participants with the foundational skills to jumpstart and pursue a career in cloud computing, by demonstrating what Cloud Computing is, the types of Cloud Computing, who the Cloud providers are, and why it has become a popular and lucrative career track.
This course covers fundamental cloud computing principles and features hands-on practice using Amazon's AWS (Amazon Web Services), Microsoft Azure and Google's GCP (Google Cloud Platform), which are the leading cloud service providers.
Why take Intro to Cloud Computing at RVCC?
- Learn from a local subject-matter expert on launching a career in Cloud Computing
- The global cloud computing market size is expected to grow from $445.3 billion in 2021 to $947.3 billion by 2026 at a growth rate of 16.3%
- 60% of organizations will utilize public cloud service by 2022
- Provides hands-on practice using Azure to launch a virtual machine
This course is also a pre-requisite to RVCC’s SAP HANA Basis Administration Certification program.
About Your Instructor
Dr. K.J. Reddy received his Ph.D. degree in Marine Biology from the University of Miami in 1984. Prior to joining Binghamton University as an Assistant professor, he worked as a scientist at University of Missouri and Purdue University. While at Binghamton university, Dr. Reddy taught Microbiology and Molecular Biology for undergraduate and graduate students. As a faculty member, he supervised and mentored two Ph.D.’s, three master’s and 14 undergraduate students. He published 30 articles in scientific journals and books. In the late 90s, he switched his career to SAP consulting. For the past two decades as an SAP system administrator, he worked on various SAP projects involving SAP Basis, NetWeaver and SAP HANA. He worked as an SAP Basis administrator for SHARP electronics and Sanofi-Aventis pharmaceuticals. As a senior consultant in SAP America, he participated in various SAP ERP and HANA projects for companies like Colgate, Lexmark, HP, Kaiser Permanente, Marathon Oil, Zurich Insurance and Bell Canada. He has extensive experience in Information Technology and taught an SAP Basis Administration course for local Information Technology training company in NJ.
