Course Overview

In an attempt to reduce costs by taking advantage of efficient computing resources, new developed technologies and architectures are gaining wide acceptance in the market. One of such technologies is cloud computing, which uses existing technologies, such as virtualization, trying to solve problems like energy consumption and space allocation in data centers or large companies. This course presents a study on cloud computing, describing its main characteristics, models of deployment, services, and architectures, including an analysis over its benefits, risks and challenges. It also presents a study over some open source cloud managers, presenting its advantages and drawbacks. All of this is presented aiming to provide a clear guide for those that are evaluating the possible adoption of cloud technology for their IT problems. The advantages brought by cloud computing include the reduction in hardware’s acquisition and maintenance cost, accessibility, flexibility, and a highly automated process for software upgrades.

Prerequisite

• Knowledge of DBMS
• Web technologies
• Web services and multimedia

Course Objectives

• To explain the evolving computer model called cloud computing.
• To introduce the various levels of services that can be achieved by cloud.
• To describe the security aspects in cloud.

Target Audience

• Communications department
• Data clerks
• Secretaries
• Supervisors

Learning Outcomes

After learning the course the students should be able to

• Understand the computing paradigm and cloud computing
• Understand the architecture of cloud computing
• Understand and use the service models and deployments
• Work on any real cloud service
• Understand the service management and security of cloud