Intel® Cloud.U Technical Professional Series

This course will articulate the value of an edge connectivity portfolio and how partners can develop and sell a wireless solution to meet customer needs. Topics addressed will be 5G networks, 6G networks and the ability to increase throughput and lower latency wirelessly. (Duration: 30 minutes)

This course provides a deep technical dive into VNF (Virtual Network Function) and CNF (Cloud Network Function) and their role in the evolution of networking. Also addressed will be service mesh and zero trust security. (Duration: 28 minutes)

This course fully explores the value of SD-WAN and uCPE in supporting enterprise branch network connectivity especially in relationship to the cloud. (Duration: 25 minutes)

This course dives deep into the role that the ethernet controller plays in processing packets of network traffic on a a server. Each stage in the packet processing pipeline is defined and explored. (Duration: 14 minutes)

This course discusses the future of enterprise cloud networking, network as a service (NaaS). The student will learn what NaaS is, receive an understanding of some of the current NaaS providers and develop an appreciation for the Intel advantage for networking in the cloud. (Duration: 19 minutes)

This module will take a deep dive on current SQL Server configurations, and previews for next-generation design criteria. In addition the course with review SQL Server options and decisions in multi-cloud scenarios. Finally, benchmarking strategies and how different architectures can influence the results for the given workload will be addressed. (Duration: 15 minutes)

This course provides technical sellers an end-to-end view of architectural integration across VMware and Intel technologies that make hybrid cloud easier to deploy and manage based on VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF). (Duration: 35 minutes)

This course provides an overview of Splunk, what is Splunk, what it does, what is the marketplace, what kind of questions you need to ask your customers, how to deploy it correctly on Intel architecture, and what the different storage options and considerations for what are the best Intel ingredients to recommend. (Duration: 30 minutes)

This course discusses how persistent memory plays an important role in containers and how the Container Storage Interface (CSI) in Kubernetes utilizes persistent memory. This course also includes a demonstration on CSI. (Duration: 22 minutes)

This course deep dives into Intel's contribution to the scheduler innovations in Kubernetes including telemetry aware scheduling and topology manager. A demonstration on this features is included in this course as well. (Duration: 34 minutes)

This course provides the details behind Node Feature Discovery (NFD) and Intel's role in this technology. Included in this course is a demonstration on NFD. (Duration: 30 minutes)

This course explores Intel's role in the Container Network Interface including North-South and East-West high performance networking. This course also includes a demonstration of these features. (Duration: 40 minutes)

This course describes Intel's resources for extending Kubernetes and evaluating optimized containerized workloads. The two specific tools that will be discussed are the Container Bare Metal Reference Architecture (BMRA) and the oneContainer Portal. A demonstration of both of these resources will be provided. (Duration: 35 minutes)

This course describes how Kubernetes allows for effective container orchestration including services that run on the control plan for cluster management. This course also includes a demonstration of Kubernetes orchestration. (Duration: 22 minutes)

This course provides a brief background on containers and then dives into the core components and the setup needed to build containers with Docker. This course also includes a demonstration of steps to build a container and a pod. (Duration: 26 minutes)

This course explains Intel’s product assurance processes and security assurance (IPAS), its history, and its role in the overall product life cycle, the IPAS process, as well as product design implications of security assurance. We’ll also delve into how Intel utilizes vulnerability management, as well as Intel’s commitment to helping protect customer’s data end-to-end. (Duration: 20 minutes)

This course covers Intel products and solutions for security. We’ll start with Intel's strategy for security, and then delve into four main areas of focus that we have relevant technologies including data security and storage, network security, confidential computing, and trusted compute. (Duration: 30 minutes)

This course will explain encryption basics and cryptography. It will delve into how Intel Architecture helps security performance and dive into details on Intel® SGX technology. (Duration: 17 minutes)

This course discusses security specifics in a customer's business verticals including typical security threats and regulations. The course content will help the learner understand the role security plays in concrete business scenarios and be able to identify concepts such as privacy and compliance. (Duration: 25 minutes)

Security is a topic that is continually among the top three CIO challenges when moving to the cloud. This course provides an overview of what security is and how it applies to cloud computing, some best practices and practical application methods, typical technical controls that can be applied, and the trade-off in basic security controls, and addresses Intel’s value-add through our products and solutions to help you keep secure. (Duration: 30 minutes)

This course provides a broad overview of system configuration including motherboards, memory, BIOS, networking, microcode patches and power and frequency measurements. (Duration: 40 minutes)