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AWS Cloud Essentials for Business Leaders – Financial Services

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AWS Cloud Essentials for Business Leaders – Financial Services

current course dates can be found at the bottom of this page … company training available on request!

Course description

This course is for business leaders who seek an overall understanding of the fundamental concepts of cloud computing. Learn how a cloud strategy can help you meet business objectives. In this half-day, instructor-led course, you’ll explore the possibilities of cloud computing in banking, insurance, capital markets, payments, and financial technology. The course dives into the business value of the cloud through customer examples, exploring industry trends, and the Cloud Value Framework, which helps you understand the business value of building on AWS by assessing cost and value impact.

 

Course objectives

In this course, you will learn to:

  • Explain the role of information technology (IT) in an organization for business transformation
  • Explain the customer value proposition for using the cloud in the financial services industry (FSI)
  • Define key characteristics of cloud computing
  • Explain the cloud business model
  • Identify key Financial Services Industry (FSI) security practices of cloud computing
  • Frame the cloud business value using the Cloud Value Framework

Intended audience

This course is intended for:

  • Line of business (LOB) owners and executives

Prerequisites

We recommend that attendees of this course have:

  • No prior IT experience or cloud experience is required

Activities

This course includes:

  • Training with instructor
  • Practical exercises

Kursdauer / Preis

  • 4 hours / € 750.00 (excl. tax) per person (DE)

Course outline

Module 1: Course Introduction

Module 2: Information Technology for Business Transformation

  • Role of IT in an organization for business transformation
  • Brief history of IT
  • Legacy approach to IT
  • What drives customers to move from traditional infrastructure to the cloud

Module 3: Cloud Computing

  • Define cloud computing
  • Key characteristics of cloud technology
  • The cloud business model
  • Key FIS security practices within the cloud

Module 4: Business Value of the Cloud

  • The customer value proposition
  • Identify who is using cloud computing
  • Industry trends
  • Customer examples

Module 5: The Cloud Value Framework

  • Introduction to the Cloud Value Framework
  • Cost Savings
  • Staff Productivity
  • Operational Resilience
  • Business Agility

Module 6: Business Value Activity

  • Using a fictional customer case study, we review and apply lessons learned from the course

IMPORTANT: Please bring your notebook (Windows, Linux or Mac) to our trainings. If this is not possible, please contact us in advance.

Course materials are in English, on request also in German (if available).
Course language is German, on request also in English.

Building Data Lakes on AWS

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Building Data Lakes on AWS

current course dates can be found at the bottom of this page … company training available on request!

Course description

In this course, you will learn how to build an operational data lake that supports analysis of both structured and unstructured data. You will learn the components and functionality of the services involved in creating a data lake. You will use AWS Lake Formation to build a data lake, AWS Glue to build a data catalog, and Amazon Athena to analyze data. The course lectures and labs further your learning with the exploration of several common data lake architectures.

Course objectives

In this course, you will learn to:

  • Apply data lake methodologies in planning and designing a data lake
  • Articulate the components and services required for building an AWS data lake
  • Secure a data lake with appropriate permission
  • Ingest, store, and transform data in a data lake
  • Query, analyze, and visualize data within a data lake

Intended audience

This course is intended for:

  • Data platform engineers
  • Solutions architects
  • IT professionals

Prerequisites

We recommend that attendees of this course have:

  • Completed thes AWS Technical Essentials training
  • One year of experience building data analytics pipelines or have completed the Data Analytics Fundamentals course

Activities

This course includes:

  •  presentations
  • lecture
  • hands-on labs,
  • group exercises

Course duration / Price

  • 1 day / € 750.00 (excl. tax) per person (DE)

Course outline

Module 1: Introduction to data lakes

  • Describe the value of data lakes
  • Compare data lakes and data warehouses
  • Describe the components of a data lake
  • Recognize common architectures built on data lakes

Module 2: Data ingestion, cataloging, and preparation

  • Describe the relationship between data lake storage and data ingestion
  • Describe AWS Glue crawlers and how they are used to create a data catalog
  • Identify data formatting, partitioning, and compression for efficient storage and query
  • Lab 1: Set up a simple data lake

Module 3: Data processing and analytics

  • Recognize how data processing applies to a data lake
  • Use AWS Glue to process data within a data lake
  • Describe how to use Amazon Athena to analyze data in a data lake

Module 4: Building a data lake with AWS Lake Formation

  • Describe the features and benefits of AWS Lake Formation
  • Use AWS Lake Formation to create a data lake
  • Understand the AWS Lake Formation security model
  • Lab 2: Build a data lake using AWS Lake Formation

Module 5: Additional Lake Formation configurations

  • Automate AWS Lake Formation using blueprints and workflows
  • Apply security and access controls to AWS Lake Formation
  • Match records with AWS Lake Formation FindMatches
  • Visualize data with Amazon QuickSight
  • Lab 3: Automate data lake creation using AWS Lake Formation blueprints
  • Lab 4: Data visualization using Amazon QuickSight

Module 6: Architecture and course review

  • Post course knowledge check
  • Architecture review
  • Course review

IMPORTANT: Please bring your notebook (Windows, Linux or Mac) to our trainings. If this is not possible, please contact us in advance.

Course materials are in English, on request also in German (if available).
Course language is German, on request also in English.

Developing Serverless Solutions on AWS

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Developing Serverless Solutions on AWS

current course dates can be found at the bottom of this page … company training available on request!

Course description

This course gives developers exposure to and practice with best practices for building serverless applications using AWS Lambda and other services in the AWS serverless platform. You’ll use AWS frameworks to deploy a serverless application in hands-on labs that progress from simpler to more complex topics. You will use AWS documentation throughout the course to develop authentic methods for learning and problem-solving beyond the classroom.

Course objectives

In this course, you will learn to:

  • Apply event-driven best practices to a serverless application design using appropriate AWS services
  • Identify the challenges and trade-offs of transitioning to serverless development, and make recommendations that suit your development organization and environment
  • Build serverless applications using patterns that connect AWS managed services together, and account for service characteristics, including service quotas, available integrations, invocation model, error handling, and event source payload
  • Compare and contrast available options for writing infrastructure as code, including AWS CloudFormation, AWS Amplify, AWS Serverless Application Model (AWS SAM), and AWS Cloud Development Kit (AWS CDK)
  • Apply best practices to writing Lambda functions inclusive of error handling, logging, environmen re-use, using layers, statelessness, idempotency, and configuring concurrency and memory
  • Apply best practices for building observability and monitoring into your serverless application
  • Apply security best practices to serverless applications
  • Identify key scaling considerations in a serverless application, and match each consideration to the methods, tools, or best practices to manage it
  • Use AWS SAM, AWS CDK, and AWS developer tools to configure a CI/CD workflow, and automate deployment of a serverless application
  • Create and actively maintain a list of serverless resources that will assist in your ongoing serverless development and engagement with the serverless community

Intended audience

This course is intended for:

  • Developers who have some familiarity with serverless and experience with development in the AWS Cloud

Prerequisites

We recommend that attendees of this course have:

  • Familiarity with the basics of AWS Cloud architecture
  • An understanding of developing applications on AWS equivalent to completing the “Developing on AWS“
  • Knowledge equivalent to completing the following serverless digital trainings: AWS Lambda Foundations and Amazon API Gateway for Serverless Applications

Activities

This course includes:

  • presentations
  • hands-on labs
  • demonstrations
  • videos
  • knowledge checks
  • group exercises

Course duration / Price

  • 3 days / € 1,995.00 (excl. tax) per person (DE)

Course outline

Day 1

Module 0: Introduction

Module 1: Thinking Serverless

Module 2: API-Driven Development and Synchronous Event Sources

Module 3: Introduction to Authentication, Authorization, and Access Control

Module 4: Serverless Deployment Frameworks

Module 5: Using Amazon EventBridge and Amazon SNS to Decouple Components

Module 6: Event-Driven Development Using Queues and Streams

Hands-On Labs

Day 2

Module 7: Writing Good Lambda Functions

Module 8: Step Functions for Orchestration

Module 9: Observability and Monitoring

Hands-On Labs

Day 3

Module 10: Serverless Application Security

Module 11: Handling Scale in Serverless Applications

Module 12: Automating the Deployment Pipeline

Hands-On Labs

IMPORTANT: Please bring your notebook (Windows, Linux or Mac) to our trainings. If this is not possible, please contact us in advance.

Course materials are in English, on request also in German (if available).
Course language is German, on request also in English.

Video Streaming Essentials für AWS Media Services

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Video Streaming Essentials für AWS Media Services

current course dates can be found at the bottom of this page … company training available on request!

Course description

In this course, you will learn best practices for designing and using cloud-based video workflows. It covers important concepts related to video processing and delivery, the variables that can impact migration decisions, and real-world examples of hybrid and cloud use cases for AWS Media Services. It also introduces security, machine learning, and analytics concepts to help you consider how AWS Media Services fit into your overall cloud strategy.

Course objectives

In this course, you will learn to:

  • Articulate the essential terms and concepts fundamental to making video streaming workflow decisions, including video metrics, compression, distribution, and protocols.
  • Describe the four fundamental stages of video streaming workflows: ingest, process, store, and deliver.
  • Describe which AWS services can be used in each stage of a video streaming workflow, including ingest, processing, storage, and delivery.
  • Analyze video streaming workflow diagrams using AWS services, based on simple to complex use cases.
  • Recognize the key variables that influence workflow decisions.
  • Recognize how AWS services for compliance, storage, and compute interact with AWS Media Services in video streaming workflows and the functions they perform.
  • Use the AWS Management Console to build and run simple video streaming workflows for live and video-on-demand content.
  • Recognize the automation and data analytics available for Media Services when used with AWS Machine Learning and explore media-specific use cases for these services.
  • Explain the importance of security in the AWS Cloud and how it is applied in video streaming workflows.

Intended audience

This course is intended for:

  • Business Leaders, including managers/supervisors in the following roles:
    • Video Operator/Engineer
    • Developer
    • Architect
    • Project Manager/Engineer

Prerequisites

We recommend that attendees of this course have:

Activities

This course includes:

  • Instructor-led training
  • hands-on labs
  • video

Course duration / Price

  • 2 days / € 1,295.00 (excl. tax) per person (DE)

Course outline

Day 1

Module 1: Important Video Concepts

  • Resolution, bitrate, frame rate, latency, and compression
  • Codecs and containers
  • Group of pictures (GOP) encoding
  • ABR, packaging and distribution
  • Internet protocols used in video streaming

Module 2: Anatomy of Streaming Workflows

  • Four stages of video streaming
  • Variables that affect design decisions

Module 3: Using AWS Services in Video-on-Demand (VOD) Workflows

  • Converting a film or tape library for internet streaming
  • Increasing reach and accessibility using multiple languages and captions
  • Streaming edited highlights from a live event
  • Analyzing and tagging VOD files for media content analysis using machine learning and data analytics

Day 2
Module 4: Optimizing Workflows

  • Security
  • Migrating to the cloud
  • Cloud financial management

Module 5: Using AWS Services in Live Workflows

  • Challenges of live streaming
  • Live streaming a simple interview show
  • Live streaming a major sporting event to a global audience
  • Live switching between multiple inputs
  • Saving segments from a live show to create VOD segments

Module 6: Recap and Review

Module 7: Next Steps

IMPORTANT: Please bring your notebook (Windows, Linux or Mac) to our trainings. If this is not possible, please contact us in advance.

Course materials are in English, on request also in German (if available).
Course language is German, on request also in English.

AWS Cloud Financial Management for Builders

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AWS Cloud Financial Management for Builders

current course dates can be found at the bottom of this page … company training available on request!

Course description

This course is for individuals who seek an understanding of how to manage, optimize, and predict costs as you run workloads on AWS. You learn how to implement architectural best practices, explore cost optimization strategies, and design patterns to help you architect cost-efficient solutions on AWS.

Course objectives

In this course, you will learn to:

  • Explain the cost of core AWS services
  • Determine and predict costs associated with current and future cloud workloads
  • Use strategies and best practices to reduce AWS costs
  • Use AWS tools to manage, monitor, alert, and optimize your AWS spend
  • Apply strategies to monitor service costs and usage
  • Implement governance standards, including resource tagging, account structure, provisioning, permissions, and access

Intended audience

This course is intended for:

  • Solutions architects
  • Developers
  • Cost-optimization leads
  • System administrators

Prerequisites

We recommend that attendees of this course have:

Activities

This course includes:

  • presentations
  • hands-on labs
  • demonstrations

Course duration / Price

  • 3 days / € 1,995.00 (excl. tax) per person (DE)

Course outline

Day 1
Module 0: Couse Overview

  • Course introduction

Module 1: Introduction to Cloud Financial Management

  • Introduction to Cloud Financial Management
  • Four pillars of Cloud Financial Management

Module 2: Resource Tagging

  • Tagging resources
  • Hands-On Lab: Cost optimization: Control Resource Consumption Using Tagging and AWS Config

Module 3: Pricing and Cost

  • Fundamentals of pricing
  • AWS Free Tier
  • Volume discounts
  • Savings plans and Reserved Instances
  • Demonstration: AWS Pricing Calculator

Module 4: AWS Billing, Reporting, and Monitoring

  • Understanding AWS invoices
  • Reporting and planning
  • AWS Cost Explorer
  • AWS Budgets
  • Demonstration: AWS Billing Console
  • Demonstration: AWS Cost Explorer
  • Demonstration: Trusted Advisor
  • Hands-On Lab: Cost optimization: Deploy Ephemeral Environments Using Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling

Day 2
Module 5: Architecting for Cost: Compute

  • Evolution of compute efficiency
  • Amazon EC2 right-sizing
  • Purchasing options
  • Amazon CloudWatch monitoring and automation
  • Architect for Amazon EC2 Spot Instance
  • Automate the infrastructure provision
  • Manage capacity to optimize resource usage
  • Impact of software licensing
  • Serverless solutions to reduce costs
  • Demonstration: Compute Optimizer
  • Demonstration: Spot Instance Advisor
  • Hands-On Lab: Cost optimization: Right Size Amazon EC2 Instances Using Amazon CloudWatch Metrics

Module 6: Architecting for Cost: Networking

  • Data transfer costs
  • Understand data costs for different services
  • How to triage network costs
  • Hands-On Lab: Cost optimization: Reduce Data Transfer Costs Using Amazon CloudFront and Endpoints

Day 3
Module 7: Architecting for Cost: Storage

  • Amazon EBS cost, pricing, and best practices
  • Amazon S3 cost, pricing, and best practices
  • Amazon EFS cost, pricing, and best practices
  • Hands-On Lab: Cost optimization: Reduce Storage Costs Using Amazon S3 Lifecycle Management

Module 8: Architecting for Cost: Databases

  • Amazon RDS cost, pricing, and best practices
  • Amazon Aurora cost, pricing, and best practices
  • Amazon DynamoDB cost, pricing, and best practices
  • Amazon ElastiCache cost, pricing, and best practices
  • Amazon Redshift cost, pricing, and best practices

Module 9: Cost Governance

  • Setting up AWS Organizations
  • AWS Systems Manager

Module 10: Course Summary

  • Course review
  • Hands-On Lab: Cost optimization: Reduce Compute Costs Using AWS Instance Scheduler

IMPORTANT: Please bring your notebook (Windows, Linux or Mac) to our trainings. If this is not possible, please contact us in advance.

Course materials are in English, on request also in German (if available).
Course language is German, on request also in English.