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      Google Cloud

      Google Cloud Compute and Scalability for Azure Professionals

      Skills you'll gain: Virtual Machines, Google Cloud Platform, Microsoft Azure, Load Balancing, Cloud Computing Architecture, Virtualization and Virtual Machines, Public Cloud, Multi-Cloud, Cloud Infrastructure, Virtual Private Networks (VPN), Servers, Network Routing, Firewall, Scalability

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Johns Hopkins University

      Introduction to Parallel Programming with CUDA

      Skills you'll gain: Performance Tuning, OS Process Management, Data Structures, C and C++, Performance Testing, Distributed Computing, System Programming, Computational Thinking, Data Access, Hardware Architecture, Algorithms, Computer Architecture, Data Storage, Program Development, Debugging

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      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      Illinois Tech

      Cloud Computing Technologies - Master's

      Skills you'll gain: Cloud-Native Computing, Cloud Computing, Amazon Web Services, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Cloud Computing Architecture, Cloud Storage, Cloud Infrastructure, Amazon S3, Scalability, Terraform, Infrastructure As A Service (IaaS), Database Management, Command-Line Interface, Virtualization, Linux Administration

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      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      Rice University

      Parallel Programming in Java

      Skills you'll gain: Dataflow, Java, Programming Principles, Application Frameworks, Algorithms, Performance Tuning, Computer Science

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      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      Johns Hopkins University

      Computing for Cancer Informatics

      Skills you'll gain: Computer Systems, Informatics, Data Processing, Data Sharing, Computing Platforms, Health Informatics, Bioinformatics, Data Storage, Computer Architecture, Computer Literacy, Computer Hardware, Big Data, Capacity Management, Data Centers, Cloud Computing

      4.6
      Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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      15 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      Illinois Tech

      Big Data Technologies

      Skills you'll gain: NoSQL, Big Data, Apache Hadoop, Apache Spark, Data Infrastructure, Real Time Data, Apache Kafka, Apache Cassandra, Apache Hive, Data Lakes, MongoDB, Databases, Data Architecture, Database Management Systems, Distributed Computing, Data Processing, Cloud Computing, Software Design Patterns, Scalability

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      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      Google Cloud

      Google Cloud Compute and Scalability for AWS Professionals

      Skills you'll gain: Load Balancing, Google Cloud Platform, Virtual Machines, Cloud Computing Architecture, Amazon Web Services, Public Cloud, Cloud Infrastructure, Virtualization and Virtual Machines, Virtual Private Networks (VPN), Scalability, Network Routing, Firewall, Network Security

      4.6
      Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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      7 reviews

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      University of Leeds

      How to Get Into Cloud Computing

      Skills you'll gain: Cloud Computing, Cloud Infrastructure, Cloud Platforms, Cloud Solutions, Cloud Development, Cloud Applications, Cloud Services, Cloud Engineering, Cloud Computing Architecture, Infrastructure As A Service (IaaS), Software As A Service, Consulting, Platform As A Service (PaaS), Scalability

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

      Big Data Analysis with Scala and Spark (Scala 2 version)

      Skills you'll gain: Apache Spark, Scala Programming, Apache Hadoop, Big Data, Data Manipulation, Distributed Computing, Data Processing, Performance Tuning, SQL, Programming Principles

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Illinois Tech

      Cloud Computing Technologies - Bachelor's

      Skills you'll gain: Cloud-Native Computing, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Cloud Computing, Cloud Storage, Amazon Web Services, Cloud Infrastructure, Cloud Computing Architecture, Amazon S3, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Database Management, Scalability, Virtual Machines, Command-Line Interface

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      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      Coursera Instructor Network

      OpenCL Programming

      Skills you'll gain: Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), Scalability, Performance Tuning, C++ (Programming Language), Embedded Software, Computer Architecture, Cross Platform Development, Hardware Architecture, Application Development, C (Programming Language), Program Development, Application Performance Management

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Cloudera

      Managing Big Data in Clusters and Cloud Storage

      Skills you'll gain: Apache Hive, Database Management, SQL, Big Data, Databases, Data Management, Amazon S3, Apache Hadoop, Data Storage, Cloud Storage, Performance Tuning, File Systems, Command-Line Interface

      4.7
      Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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      297 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    In summary, here are 10 of our most popular distributed computing courses

    • Google Cloud Compute and Scalability for Azure Professionals: Google Cloud
    • Introduction to Parallel Programming with CUDA: Johns Hopkins University
    • Cloud Computing Technologies - Master's: Illinois Tech
    • Parallel Programming in Java: Rice University
    • Computing for Cancer Informatics: Johns Hopkins University
    • Big Data Technologies: Illinois Tech
    • Google Cloud Compute and Scalability for AWS Professionals: Google Cloud
    • How to Get Into Cloud Computing: University of Leeds
    • Big Data Analysis with Scala and Spark (Scala 2 version): École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
    • Cloud Computing Technologies - Bachelor's: Illinois Tech

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