1Digital transformation with Google Cloud

• 1.1Why cloud technology is transforming business

  Understand digital transformation, the difference between on-premises and cloud, the shift from capital expenditure (CapEx) to operating expenditure (OpEx), total cost of ownership (TCO), and the core value of cloud—agility, scalability, and cost efficiency—from a business perspective.

• 1.2Cloud service models and shared responsibility

  Understand the three cloud service models (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS) and when to use each, the shared responsibility model that splits duties between the cloud provider and the customer, and deployment models: public, private, hybrid, and multicloud.