Okay, hello Cloud Gurus. Well,
this month we've got two great new courses on advanced networking and machine
learning, a timely Release Review looking at Amazon Workspaces,
the triumphant return of Lars's Future of Tech series and a major new awesome
feature for our ACG for business students and admins. I'm Sam Kroonenburg,
CEO and co-founder of A Cloud Guru and I'm really excited to show you what we
have busy working on this month.
This month we go deep into AWS networking with Steven Moran and Brock Tubre's
new AWS Certified Advanced Networking Wpecialty course.
Networking is a core function of the cloud and that's never been more true as
organizations are increasingly looking to integrate their cloud resources with
their already extensive real-world networks. Now,
the world needs advanced networking specialists and our AWS course is here to
help you take that next step in your career.
If you have an interest in cloud native or hybrid networking,
or just want to improve your cloud networking skills,
then this course is for you.
It covers all areas of AWS networking and associated services that you'll need
to achieve your AWS advanced networking specialty certification and become an
AWS networking specialist. Now, let's be honest,
machine learning is not the easiest technology to just wade into.
Much of the available training out there presumes a level of advanced math
knowledge that can be really intimidating to newcomers.
So if learning new concepts by the way of differential equations and cryptic
Greek symbols isn't really your thing, then our resident ML guru,
Scott Pletcher is here to guide you into the world of machine learning in an
entertaining and non-scary way.
Introduction to Machine Learning is specifically designed for people without a
deep maths background.
Scott cuts through the jargon with similes and metaphors to equip you with
concepts and understandings that you can put to work immediately.
In this course, you'll learn to distinguish between AI, ML,
data science and statistical analysis.
Take a tour of the available tools and resources,
evaluate and frame business problems for potential ML applications and
understand various types of machine learning through real world examples.
All right,
this month we've got not one but two new episodes of the Future of Tech. First,
join Lars Klint for an insightful and highly entertaining look at how we get
around. We'll jump into the driver's seat and explore the past, present,
and future of transportation. We're going to delve into ancient Egypt,
the social impacts of our current transport systems,
teleportation and of course rockets. Rockets, of course. Next up,
Lars explores how we'll be using the internet in the future.
Can it continue to just grow and grow or is there an end to the internet?
In this episode, Lars answers the super nerdy questions about brain implants.
He explores the social and economic impacts of our appliance on the internet and
even poses a question of personal sacrifice. In our latest Release Review,
Nick Nick Triantafillou gives a rundown on Amazon Workspaces. Not a new release,
but a very topical one given the shift to remote working beeing seen all around
the world right now.
Amazon Workspaces is a managed desktop as a service solution that allows an
organization to set up virtual desktop environments in AWS and provide access to
employees.
Follow along as Nick provides an overview of Workspaces and shows us how to
create, configure, use and tear down a virtual desktop.
And be sure to stick around for Nick's pros, cons,
and final verdict about whether to invest, evaluate,
or maybe revisit this service.
We've also got two awesome new episodes of Azure Fireside Chats as well as new
installments of GCP This Month and Kubernetes This Month, and as always,
you can tune into AWS This Week and Azure This Week to keep up with all the
major developments and releases from the two largest public cloud platforms.
This month,
I am excited to share a huge new feature for our ACG for business students and
admins - Cloud Playground.
Cloud Playground is the best way to learn cloud by actually doing cloud and
experimenting in risk-free environments.
Cloud playground replaces ACG sandbox environments,
but it's way more than just sandboxes. It's a whole playground.
The key components of Cloud Playground are cloud sandboxes for AWS,
Azure and Google cloud, customizable cloud servers,
and our handy in-browser instant terminal.
This is all designed to let teams get hands on with the cloud and learn by doing
without giving system admins anxiety attacks about surprise fees or security
risks. We've got it all managed for you.
If you're on an ACG for business account,
you can check out Cloud Playground by heading to your dashboard right now.
It's there. It's live. Okay,
well that about wraps it up for this month's edition of What's New at ACG.
Keep an eye out for more updates and until then, stay safe.
Keep learning and keep being awesome Cloud Gurus.