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Cloud Economics and Business Value

What can be gained from moving workloads to the cloud? This course will teach you the basic value proposition of the cloud and how to responsibly steward cloud adoption in your business.

Beginner
34m

Created by David Blocher

Last Updated Dec 19, 2025

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Cloud Economics and Business Value

What can be gained from moving workloads to the cloud? This course will teach you the basic value proposition of the cloud and how to responsibly steward cloud adoption in your business.

Beginner
34m

Created by David Blocher

Last Updated Dec 19, 2025

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What you'll learn

Cloud adoption is complex, and businesses take it on for myriad reasons, sometimes without knowledge of its true economic implications. In this course, Cloud Economics and Business Value, you’ll gain the ability to analyze the value proposition of the cloud and steward responsible cloud adoption. First, you’ll explore the economic incentives for cloud adoption. Next, you’ll discover the common pitfalls that can cause bloated cloud bills. Finally, you’ll learn how to manage costs and make the most of what the cloud has to offer. When you’re finished with this course, you’ll have the skills and knowledge of cloud economics needed to inform how you leverage the cloud for your business.

Cloud Economics and Business Value
Beginner
34m
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David Blocher - Pluralsight course - Cloud Economics and Business Value
David Blocher
27 courses 4.6 author rating 284 ratings

David has always had an interest in learning and teaching complex systems. Before he was working with AWS, he spent his days learning and teaching board games at his local board game cafe in hometown Columbus, OH. Over the last six years working in tech, he has gone from a self-taught Ruby developer to a 4x AWS certified senior consultant in cloud technologies, and now a Training Architect at Pluralsight. David holds both professional-level AWS certifications and is passionate about helping people unlock their career potential through learning cloud skills. When he's not building courses, you can find David out hiking around Seattle with his wife Myia and his dog Oliver, or inside playing board games or role playing games.

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