Skills check

Challenge yourself with what you have learned in this chapter:

1. List six benefits of cloud computing platforms.
2. List three core audiences of cloud computing platforms.
3. List a minimum of two other audiences of cloud computing platforms.
4. Explain what digital transformation is and its value.
5. List a minimum of two business-led triggers.
6. List a minimum of two technical led triggers.
7. List the six Rs of the digital transformation approach.
8. List a minimum of three of the mindsets for the traditional computing model.
9. List a minimum of three of the mindsets for the cloud computing model.
10. Explain the cloud computing hierarchy of needs.
11. Explain scalability, elasticity, agility, high availability, and geo-distribution.
12. Explain disaster recovery.
13. Explain the consumption model.
14. Explain the CapEx versus OpEx model.
15. Explain the benefits of the OpEx model.