Cloud Concepts

Question 1

Cloud (defined)

Answer 1

The network of data centers that store and compute information available through the internet.

Question 2

Cloud Computing (defined)

Answer 2

The technology and processes needed to store, manage and access data over the cloud.

Question 3

Digital Transformation (defined)

Answer 3

Taking advantage of Cloud technology to:

• re-define relationships with customers, employees, partners
• create revolutionary applications and experiences
• fundamentally change operation and value delivery

Question 4

Customer Expectations shift from Digital

Answer 4

Cloud adopters have set new customer expectations:

• content and information available instantly from anywhere
• services that are always available
• personalized experiences

Question 5

Cloud v. Traditional on-prem

Answer 5

Google Cloud offers:

• economies of scale
• rapid elasticity
• automation
• data access

Question 6

Burning platform effect

Answer 6

Abandoning old tech for a new one.

Thriving companies focus on Why they exist, not How they operate.

Question 7

Modernization focus areas

Answer 7

• Infrastructure
• Business platforms using APIs
• Applications

Question 8

7 Solution Pillars

Answer 8

GCP solution categories:

1. Infrastructure modernization
2. Business app portfolio
3. App modernization
4. Db and Storage
5. Smart analytics
6. AI
7. Security

Question 9

Data Types

Answer 9

• structured. (defined data elements, relationships, consistency)
• unstructured. (e.g. docs, files, objects, BLOBs), now easier to analyze through APIs to gain insights

Question 10

Data Warehouse (defined)

Answer 10

Assemble data from multiple sources (including Dbs)
and enable rapid analysis of large (multi-dimensional) datasets
by transforming un-structured —> semi-structured data for gaining insights
Big Query is the GCP Data Warehouse solution

Question 11

Cloud Data Lake

Answer 11

Repository for retrieval of un-structured data e.g. for Backup data

Question 12

Machine Learning

Answer 12

Producing trained algorithms based on analyzing big data sets.
Training the computer to automatically do something.

E.g. training a facial recognition algorithm to recognize the same face across changes, lifespan

Question 13

Shared-Responsibility model

Answer 13

A security model where the Cloud provider secures the infrastructure
and the business secures access to apps and data

Question 14

Kubernetes

Answer 14

Provides a managed environment for deploying, managing and scaling your containerized applications in GC.
Also provides Open source cluster management for automated container orchestration since using many containers creates complexity in their management, this simplifies container management and app deployment

Question 15

AI

Answer 15

Any machine capability that normally requires human intelligence.

Question 16

Cloud Regions and Zones

Answer 16

Regions are collections of zones.
Zones have high-bandwidth, low-latency network connections to other zones in the same region.
In order to deploy fault-tolerant applications that have high availability, Google recommends deploying applications across multiple zones and multiple regions.