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The Self-Taught Cloud Computing Engineer

By : Dr. Logan Song
Book Image

The Self-Taught Cloud Computing Engineer

By: Dr. Logan Song

Overview of this book

The Self-Taught Cloud Computing Engineer is a comprehensive guide to mastering cloud computing concepts by building a broad and deep cloud knowledge base, developing hands-on cloud skills, and achieving professional cloud certifications. Even if you’re a beginner with a basic understanding of computer hardware and software, this book serves as the means to transition into a cloud computing career. Starting with the Amazon cloud, you’ll explore the fundamental AWS cloud services, then progress to advanced AWS cloud services in the domains of data, machine learning, and security. Next, you’ll build proficiency in Microsoft Azure Cloud and Google Cloud Platform (GCP) by examining the common attributes of the three clouds while distinguishing their unique features. You’ll further enhance your skills through practical experience on these platforms with real-life cloud project implementations. Finally, you’ll find expert guidance on cloud certifications and career development. By the end of this cloud computing book, you’ll have become a cloud-savvy professional well-versed in AWS, Azure, and GCP, ready to pursue cloud certifications to validate your skills.
Table of Contents (24 chapters)
1
Part 1: Learning about the Amazon Cloud
9
Part 2:Comprehending GCP Cloud Services
14
Part 3:Mastering Azure Cloud Services
19
Part 4:Developing a Successful Cloud Career

Amazon computer vision solutions

Computer vision is the automated extraction of information from digital images. To solve computer vision problems, Amazon provides Rekognition – a fully managed service using DL to analyze images and videos. Here are some key features of Amazon Rekognition:

  • Object and scene detection: Rekognition can identify objects and scenes within an image or video frame, including vehicles, buildings, animals, and landscapes.
  • Facial analysis and facial comparison: Rekognition can detect faces in images and videos and perform facial analysis, including facial recognition, gender identification, age estimation, and facial expression analysis. It can compare and match faces from different images.
  • Text detection: Rekognition can detect and extract text in images and videos, including printed and handwritten text.
  • Custom labels: Rekognition also allows you to create custom labels for specific objects or scenes that are important to your business...