Global Science and Technology Forum (GSTF) provides IT professionals and managers, business executives and students with expertise in building world-class cloud computing services and solutions with the training and certification pathway program on cloud computing. This layered pathway program is offered as a three-level series:
- Certified Cloud Computing Associate, Level 1
Foundations of Cloud Computing - Certified Cloud Computing Specialist, Level 2
Cloud Computing Technologies, Services, and Applications - Certified Cloud Computing Professional, Level 3
Deploying and Managing Applications in Clouds
GSTF cloud computing training and certification program is designed to provide practitioners and students necessary knowledge, skills and expertise in the fast growing area of cloud computing as well familiar with best practices for harnessing the benefits of cloud computing.
This comprehensive training and certification program will be of specific interest to IT professionals, business analysts, managers, consultants, and system integrators as well students and executives, and help them gain new employment and/or take up new roles. This certification will address the demand from business and industry for personal who can understand, evaluate and implement cloud computing solutions.
Together, these programs will cover all the major elements needed for successfully adopting cloud-computing for a wide range of applications in business, government, education, and finance. This series of courses and supporting materials will help participants get up to speed with the latest advances and best practices in cloud computing, providing a clear pathway for advancement in the ICT profession of cloud computing.

This three-level training program will provide the participants with in-depth knowledge, skills and expertise needed to understand, evaluate, develop and deploy computing services and solutions for a range of applications. Specifically,
Foundations of Cloud Computing
(Certified Cloud Computing Associate, Level 1) will impart the participants the ability to understand the principles and foundations of cloud computing, various types of clouds, and current cloud offerings that they can make use; the skills to identify potential, benefits and risks of cloud computing, and the ability to evaluate cloud’s basic offerings. The program will provide participants essential skills to understand the concepts of cloud computing as well the technologies and framework that support cloud computing, the ability to apply cloud computing, and the ability examine and recommend suitability of, as well as implications of, cloud computing for a given application considering several technical and non-technical aspects.
Cloud Computing Technologies, Services, and Applications
(*Certified Cloud Computing Specialist, Level 2) will impart participant an in-depth knowledge of cloud computing – architectures, technologies, application development on clouds, emerging cloud standards, and performance monitoring and evaluation. Participants will gain the skills to review in depth a variety of currently available cloud computing options, to discuss issue and challenges, and to develop clouds, offer cloud computing services, and develop and deploy applications in clouds, addressing the cloud challenges.
Deploying and Managing Applications in Clouds
(Certified Cloud Computing Professional, Level 3) will impart participants various technical management skills needed to successfully identify, deploy and managing various types of applications in clouds, and to develop and implement enterprise cloud strategy, as well the ability to harness the potential of the clouds maximizing the benefits and minimising the risks and meeting compliance and regulatory requirements.