CompTIA Cloud Essentials Coming Soon from Element K Press

Element K Press is completing Instructor-Led Training ILT courseware for CompTIA's Cloud Essentials credential.

The exponential growth of cloud computing is driving increased demand for IT professionals with cloud expertise. IDC estimates that public cloud IT spending alone will grow from $21.5 billion in 2010 to $72.9 billion in 2015.

 
CompTIA has created the Cloud Essentials exam to certify IT professionals’ readiness for evaluating, planning and executing cloud solutions. The CompTIA Cloud Essentials specialty certification demonstrates an individual knows what cloud computing means from a business and technical perspective, as well as what is involved in moving to and governing the cloud.
The CompTIA Cloud Essentials exam covers:
  • Configuration of networks, including archive, backup, and restoration technologies
  • Business continuity and storage administration
  • System integration and application workload
  • Basic troubleshooting and connectivity
Domains covered by the CompTIA Cloud Essentials exam include:
 
  • Cloud Services from a Business Perspective — including terms and definitions, and the relationship between cloud computing and virtualization
  • Cloud Computing And Business Value — including the business parameters for evaluating the value of clouds and cloud services
  • Technical Perspectives on Cloud Types — including techniques for solution deployment and risk mitigation
  • Steps to Successful Adoption of Cloud Computing — including pilot criteria, connecting deployment to organizational goals, and the organizational capabilities needed to realize benefits from cloud solutions
  • Impact and Changes of Cloud Computing on IT Service Management — including its effect on service strategy, design, operation and transition
  • Risks & Consequences of Cloud Computing — including the issues related to how a cloud solution can impact security, legal, compliance, and privacy risks
 
Cloud Essentials does not have prerequisite criteria, but CompTIA recommends that candidates for the CompTIA Cloud Essentials exam have a general working knowledge of how an internal or external IT organization operates and at least six months of experience in an IT environment, with direct involvement in IT-related tasks, responsibilities and decision-making.
 
More information on CompTIA Cloud Essentials is available at CompTIA Certifications. For additional information on any CompTIA ILT courseware from Element K Press, please contact your dedicated Element K Press Account Manager at 1.800.478.7788 today.