CLOUD COMPUTING

  🏢 What is Acquiring, Provisioning, and Maintaining On-Premises Infrastructure ? This phrase refers to the full lifecycle of managing IT hardware and systems physically located at your business site (on-premises) — instead of using cloud services. ✅ Let’s Break It Down: 1. Acquiring 🛒 This means buying or obtaining the physical infrastructure: Servers Storage devices Networking equipment (switches, routers) Backup systems Cooling and power systems 📌 Example: Purchasing 10 servers for a new data center. 2. Provisioning ⚙️ Provisioning is the process of setting up and configuring the acquired hardware so it’s ready for use. This includes: Installing operating systems Creating user accounts and access controls Setting up networks and security rules Allocating storage and computing resources 📌 Example: Configuring a server to host your company website or internal software. 3. Maintaining 🔧 Maintaining means keeping the inf...

🌐 1. Networking Networking refers to the connection of computers and other devices to share data and resources like the internet, printers, files, and applications. Key Concepts: LAN (Local Area Network) – small area (e.g., home or office) WAN (Wide Area Network) – large area (e.g., the internet) IP Address – unique number given to each device in a network Router/Switch – devices that manage connections between computers Protocols – rules for communication (e.g., TCP/IP, HTTP) 📌 Example: When you send an email or browse a website, you’re using networking. 🖥️ 2. Operating System Administration This is the job of managing and maintaining the operating system (like Windows, Linux, or macOS) of a computer or server. Responsibilities: Installing and updating the OS Managing users and permissions Setting up security (firewalls, antivirus) Monitoring system performance Backing up and restoring data 📌 Example: A system administrator m...

🌥️ Introduction Cloud computing is constantly evolving, and AWS keeps improving its services . These improvements include: Lower costs More detailed (granular) billing Higher usage limits (quotas) More global regions Faster performance To keep up with these changes, it's important to stay updated . 🚀 Latest Advancements in Cloud Computing at AWS One major trend is Generative AI — this is artificial intelligence that can create content , like text, code, images, and more. 🔧 AWS Tools for Generative AI Amazon Bedrock A fully managed service that helps you build generative AI applications. It offers multiple AI models (foundation models) to choose from. Focuses on security, privacy, and responsible AI . Amazon Q An AI-powered assistant for work. It’s secure and private by default and works inside many AWS products. Two main versions: Amazon Q Business Helps answer questions, summarize information, generate content, and com...