Assurance for Cloud Computing Services
Don’t Get Lost In The Clouds!
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Cloud Hammer-Head Program Overview
Cloud computing is in the news and on the minds of companies eager to take their share of an exploding market. Whether your company provides cloud services, uses cloud services or some combination of both, knowing the ins and outs of this emerging trend is the best way to assure positive margins and increase efficiency. Cloud computing is more than just a popular buzzword, it’s a way for companies to utilize current technologies to provide services over more efficient network infrastructure, advancing platforms and convenient software.
As A Service: This course will solve the mystery behind what the “cloud” means and discover that most of the services and technologies associated with the cloud already exist. Students will learn how the cloud architecture is built and which elements need to be controlled to be the most profitable. The training will explain how revenue assurance is conducted for the following topics:
- Infrastructure as a Service
- Platform as a Service
- Network as a Service
- Software as a Service
- Domain Analysis Methodology
- CAPEX/OPEX for Cloud Services
- VoIP/SIP
- DASD
Who Should Attend?
- Cloud Service line-of-business head
- Leased Line Managers
- Revenue Assurance Team Members
- Fraud Prevention Analysts
- New Product Development Associates
- IT/Network Managers
Student will learn how to:
- Different billing models and methods for different services
- How to assure new products and marketing
- The different cloud services and how they fit together
- To calculate risks and forecasts for IaaS, PaaS and SaaS
- Protect against revenue loss and fraud
- Which elements of the Cloud Computing Framework are relevant to the telco
- Accounting principles and revenue recognition
- Ensuring that rates and rate changes maintain positive margins
Cloud Training Options
Public Venue Events
Attending this focused 3-day Cloud Services Hammer-Head training will arm participants with worksheets, assignments and concrete deliverables that provide a clear roadmap to bring Cloud Assurance practices in line with industry standards. Attendees will have the opportunity to learn about Cloud migration and monetization with other professionals from across the globe. The program is structured to encourage student interaction, and professionals find it useful to hear how others are dealing with some of the same issues they are facing themselves.
Cloud Services Program Onsite
Member feedback suggests that the best way to ensure that your organization is effectively managing cloud services is through an on-site event. This provides your organization with the opportunity to train everyone involved in the cloud line of business and create a telco-wide strategy for protection. Members from the leased services division, fraud prevention, internal audit, revenue assurance, and top management teams can make sure they each have a comprehensive understanding of the risks involved with cloud services and the role they play in managing partners, frauds, and margins.
Hammer-Head Programs
As an Revenue Assurence Academy Hammer-Head program, this cloud computing event is a tightly-focused, intensive training that helps operational teams apply the GRAPA standards-based approach to specific High-Risk problem areas. Under the Hammer Head initiative, companies can be provided with focused training and certification for the entire organization in the containment of risks to revenue. For individuals looking for this training we also offer this program at a limited number of venue events.