{"id":36640,"date":"2022-07-13T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-13T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.euruni.edu\/blog\/?p=36640"},"modified":"2022-07-08T11:58:26","modified_gmt":"2022-07-08T09:58:26","slug":"cloud-computing-where-to-start-and-career-paths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euruni.edu\/blog\/cloud-computing-where-to-start-and-career-paths\/","title":{"rendered":"Cloud Computing: Where to Start and Career Paths"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Cloud computing is the one of the top hard skills companies need most<\/a><\/strong> right now and in the future. Cloud is a game-changer<\/strong> in a world in which digital transformation continues to revolutionize the way that business is done, leveraging AI and machine learning, blockchain and other new technologies. So, if you are looking for a future-proof (and lucrative) career full of opportunities, then gaining cloud skills is a sure bet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What Is Cloud Computing?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Cloud computing enables segregation and sharing of physical resources so that many users can have “slices” of a physical server.<\/strong> This means one server can be “sliced” into many virtual servers, each acting as their own secure environment, managed through the internet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Think of your Instagram account: all your images, videos and stories are stored on your profile that no one else can access. Your profile lies on a shared server with many other users. This is what cloud computing is like, except organizations can use these virtual slices\/servers for much more<\/strong> than storing images of what you had for lunch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Public vs private clouds is not about access but about sharing physical resources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u25cf A public cloud is where many different users share one physical resourc<\/strong>e. They maintain their own virtual machine but it shares a hypervisor’s (type of server) physical RAM, disk space and computing capacity. Think of a ratio of one physical machine to many people with many virtual machines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u25cf A private cloud is where one user has access to one physical resource but they can maintain as many virtual machines\/servers as they like<\/strong> on it, all belonging to them. Think of one physical machine to one person with many virtual machines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u25cf Both public and private clouds are managed remotely. In fact, any “hosted” infrastructure is managed remotely. This is because the physical devices live in a data center which is connected to the internet and managed remotely by administrators and engineers via secure credentials and access controls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cloud service providers may specialize in one or more of the following<\/strong>: Software as a service (SaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), or Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS). As technology advances and demand increases, specialized services in AI (artificial intelligence), desktop applications and IT services are proliferating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Pros and Cons of Cloud Computing<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

\u25cf If managed correctly, cloud computing is a scalable solution to the cost of physical hosting<\/strong>. You’re sharing the resources (hardware, electricity and space in a data center), so you should share the costs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u25cf On-demand elasticity is the biggest benefit to cloud computing<\/strong>. This means scaling up or down as you need it, which in turn reduces the operating costs of your business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u25cf There are also “managed hosting”<\/strong> providers<\/strong> who can support your cloud servers. They come at a cost but they provide peace of mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u25cf Data security in the cloud is multilayered and, while you may have been told that the cloud is more secure, it isn’t.<\/strong> It’s just as vulnerable as the next system if left improperly secured, patched and managed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u25cf You do still need to do backups<\/strong> and only managed providers will schedule these for you – at a cost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ultimately, you need to understand what services you and your business really need, and what that might cost. Pricing structures and contracts for cloud services can be complex.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Your Cloud Career Path<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Given that cloud technologies are crucial to the rapid transformation of organizations, employees with cloud computing skills are in high demand. It is currently one of the fastest-growing and highest-paid fields in IT, <\/strong>with workers in this field receiving an average salary of $120,186.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you are considering a career in cloud consulting and cloud management<\/a>, choose a bachelor\u2019s, master\u2019s or MBA degree that will give you the real-world skills to excel, combining classroom theory with hands-on practical experience. You should ensure that your course will cover all the fundamentals of cloud, as well as the latest developments in this fast-moving field. For example, EU Business School offers a BA (Hons) in Business with a pathway in Cloud Computing<\/a> as well as an MBA with a pathway in Cloud Computing<\/a> on its Munich campus. In addition, EU is a member institution of the AWS Academy<\/strong>, and regularly hosts exam preparation courses for industry-recognized AWS Certification.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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