CC-Syllabus

Unit I Introduction to Cloud Computing

Importance of Cloud Computing, Characteristics, Pros and Cons of Cloud Computing, Migrating into the Cloud, Seven-step migration model into a Cloud, Trends in Computing. Cloud Service Models: SaaS, PaaS, JaaS, Storage. Cloud Architecture: Cloud Computing Logical Architecture, Developing Holistic Cloud Computing Reference Model, Cloud System Architecture, Cloud Deployment Models.

Unit II Data Storage and Cloud Computing

Data Storage: Introduction to Enterprise Data Storage, Direct Attached Storage, Storage Area Network, Network Attached Storage, Data Storage Management, File System, Cloud Data Stores, Using Grids for Data Storage. Cloud Storage: Data Management, Provisioning Cloud Storage, Data Intensive Technologies for Cloud Computing. Cloud Storage from LANs to WANs: Cloud Characteristics, Distributed Data Storage.

Unit III Virtualization in Cloud Computing

Introduction: Definition of Virtualization, Adopting Virtualization, Types of Virtualization, Virtualization Architecture and Software, Virtual Clustering, Virtualization Application, Pitfalls of Virtualization. Grid, Cloud and Virtualization: Virtualization in Grid, Virtualization in Cloud, Virtualization and Cloud Security. Virtualization and Cloud Computing: Anatomy of Cloud Infrastructure, Virtual infrastructures, CPU Virtualization, Network and Storage Virtualization.

Unit IV Cloud Platforms and Cloud Applications

Amazon Web Services (AWS): Amazon Web Services and Components, Amazon Simple DB, Elastic Cloud Computing (EC2), Amazon Storage System, Amazon Database services (Dynamo DB).Microsoft Cloud Services: Azure core concepts, SQL Azure, Windows Azure Platform Appliance. Cloud Computing Applications: Healthcare: ECG Analysis in the Cloud, Biology: Protein Structure Prediction, Geosciences: Satellite Image Processing, Business and Consumer Applications: CRM and ERP, Social Networking, Google Cloud Application: Google App Engine. Overview of OpenStack architecture.

Unit V Security in Cloud Computing

Risks in Cloud Computing: Risk Management, Enterprise-Wide Risk Management, Types of Risks in Cloud Computing. Data Security in Cloud: Security Issues, Challenges, advantages, Disadvantages, Cloud Digital persona and Data security, Content Level Security. Cloud Security Services: Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability, Security Authorization Challenges in the Cloud, Secure Cloud Software Requirements, Secure Cloud Software Testing.

Unit VI Advanced Techniques in Cloud Computing

Future Trends in Cloud Computing, Mobile Cloud, Automatic Cloud Computing: Comet Cloud. Multimedia Cloud: IPTV, Energy Aware Cloud Computing, Jungle Computing, Distributed Cloud Computing vs. edge Computing, Containers, Docker, Kubernetes, Introduction to DevOps. IOT and Cloud Convergence: The Cloud and IoT in your Home, The IOT and Cloud in your Automobile, PERSONAL: IoT in Healthcare.