About Nebulise

Ever since Amazon and Google first started using the term "Cloud" in 2006 to loosely describe the trend of putting distributed software into the data center instead of just on the desktop, we have seen a monumental growth in Cloud infrastructure, applications and services.

Companies like Microsoft, AWS, Google, Rackspace and IBM each have Cloud revenues in the tens of billions. Not only that but since the financial crash we saw in 2008, Cloud sales have been growing fast. The major players in Cloud are now easily achieving double digit year on year growth. What can explain this?

The answer mostly lies with the proliferation of devices like the smartphone and their accompanying "apps" and new ways of looking at data with analytics. But economy of scale has been the main driver for business. For example Amazon as the world's largest bookstore decided that they could reduce costs by using a Cloud Computing model, and rent spare capacity in their data centers to customers.

This huge growth in demand for Cloud infrastructure and services not only needs to be fed with the right technology and hardware & software, but also an army of people who are able to design, install, manage and develop solutions for the Cloud. Easier said than done.

Many recent surveys have found that there are enormous shortages in Cloud skills right across the board, from developers to architects. Not only that but the actual technology is changing so fast that traditional training is having difficulty keeping pace with change. For example there have been thirteen versions of OpenStack since October 2010.

There are also associated trends and developments in network virtualisation and software development that are rapidly changing.

Our mission is simple. We want to give easy and flexible access to the most recent and relevant training in Cloud Computing and it's associated technologies, to as wide an audience as possible.

Whether you are a Linux Sys Admin, an Architect or an IT Manager, we hope you will learn something invaluable and stimulating here.