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Unleashing the Power of Networks and the Cloud Specialization
Illinois Tech

Unleashing the Power of Networks and the Cloud Specialization

Master Networks and Cloud Technologies. Master networking, virtualization, and cloud services to build scalable IT solutions.

Philip Matuszak
Rahul Patel
Marwan Omar

Instructors: Philip Matuszak

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Get in-depth knowledge of a subject
Intermediate level

Recommended experience

8 months to complete
at 10 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

  • Design and manage cloud-based solutions using SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS.

  • Understand network protocols and virtualization technologies.

  • Apply cloud computing principles to real-world scenarios.

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May 2025

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What you'll learn

  • Learners will be given real-world examples, with best practices and business use cases related to the content on hand.

  • Network-related security threats as well as mitigation steps will be discussed to give insight on how communications mediums can be exploited.

  • The use of several network reconnaissance and communication analyzer tools will be used to examine network traffic.

What you'll learn

  • Learn how to create infrastructure from Cloud Native APIs in the command line

  • Learn about the 5 components of cloud computing and cloud native thinking

What you'll learn

What you'll learn

  • To create, deploy, operate, and communicate the strategies and operational considerations to deploy and manage cloud-based technology platforms.

What you'll learn

  • Building a virtual machine in the cloud

  • Navigating pitfalls of migrating workloads to the cloud such as cost implications, and time required to migrate data

  • Creating a serverless application that runs in the cloud

Instructors

Philip Matuszak
Illinois Tech
4 Courses3,363 learners
Rahul Patel
Illinois Tech
2 Courses376 learners

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