The UBC Micro-certificate in Cloud Transformation and Technology Infrastructure Strategy is a part-time technical and business-oriented program that provides you with the ability to critically review your organization’s technology implementation, identify strategic cloud transformation gaps and cost-saving adoptions for cloud operations, and leverage emerging technologies.
By the end of this program, you’ll be able to:
Build a compute platform. Understand the major compute options and how they impact application performance. Analyze use cases to optimize operating systems, software and virtualization choices. Learn mechanical sympathy and how choices impact performance.
Design a secure networking environment. Create a secure network to operate applications while managing common shared services.
Choose a data storage technology. Explore popular data storage platforms and the key trade-offs of data storage technologies. Review application requirements and align to optimal technologies.
Leverage secure application patterns. Design and analyze common application deployment and management patterns to secure the application operating environment.
Envision accelerating outcomes. Start planning your transformation domains and understand the various perspectives that need to be included in your cloud transformation strategy. Identify opportunities to reduce risk, lower costs and grow revenue through unlocked cloud capabilities.
Align foundational capabilities. Understand how business, people, governance, security, platform and operations perspectives deliver on organizational outcomes.
Launch initiatives with incremental value. Explore opportunities and deliver incremental value through transforming foundational capabilities into a cloud-ready state.
Scale your cloud transformation. Formalize your cloud transformation strategy, and review the value proposition of transformed foundational capabilities in strategy presentations to your executive.
Who is This Program For?
This program is designed for:
- those involved in making business-driven technical decisions
- executives who need to evaluate and make decisions on cloud strategy and implementation
- technology or tech-adjacent professionals who need to better understand and manage cloud computing
- anyone interested in helping transform their organization to operate effectively in a cloud environment by developing integrated technology infrastructure and cloud transformation strategies.
Entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, and business, computer and technology students can also benefit from the skills taught in this program.
Technical and coding skills are not required, and coding is not covered in the program. However, each course offers optional technical deep dives for learners with an information technology background. Familiarity with management information systems and business applications is an asset.
