Introduction:

According to the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Information Technology Laboratory:

Cloud computing is a model for enabling convenient, on-demand network access to a shared pool of configurable computing resources (e.g., networks, servers, storage, applications, and services) that can be rapidly provisioned and released with minimal management effort or service provider interaction.

Service Models

Cloud Software as a Service (SaaS). The capability provided to the consumer is to use the provider’s applications running on a cloud infrastructure. The applications are accessible from various client devices through a thin client interface such as a web browser (e.g., web-based email). The consumer does not manage or control the underlying cloud infrastructure including network, servers, operating systems, storage, or even individual application capabilities, with the possible exception of limited user-specific application configuration settings.

Cloud Platform as a Service (PaaS). The capability provided to the consumer is to deploy onto the cloud infrastructure consumer-created or acquired applications created using programming languages and tools supported by the provider. The consumer does not manage or control the underlying cloud infrastructure including network, servers, operating systems, or storage, but has control over the deployed applications and possibly application hosting environment configurations.

Cloud Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS). The capability provided to the consumer is to provision processing, storage, networks, and other fundamental computing resources where the consumer is able to deploy and run arbitrary software, which can include operating systems and applications. The consumer does not manage or control the underlying cloud infrastructure but has control over operating systems, storage, deployed applications, and possibly limited control of select networking components (e.g., host firewalls).

This course is suitable for:

• Students of Computers Science Engineering, BTech, BCA, MCA , BSc IT etc.
• Application developers assessing and designing cloud computing options.
• Application engineers responsible for deploying or managing cloud applications.
• Senior IT managers and those assessing the potential for cloud computing in their organization as well as evaluating how to move forward with cloud computing.
• System architects designing cloud computing-based systems as well as incorporating cloud computing systems.
• IT operations managers responsible for infrastructure services as well as assessing how to integrate cloud computing into existing infrastructures.
• Anyone seeking knowledge of the essentials of cloud computing.

Syllabus

The outline of the course syllabus is as under:

1. New Computing Paradigms & Services
   • Cloud computing
   • Edge computing
   • Grid computing
   • Utility computing
2. Introduction to Cloud Computing
   • Cloud Computing Architectural Framework
   • Cloud Deployment Models
   • Virtualization in Cloud Computing
   • Parallelization in Cloud Computing
   • Security for Cloud Computing
   • Cloud Economics
3. Cloud Service Models
   • Software as a Service (SaaS)
   • Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
   • Platform as a Service (PaaS)
4. Foundational Elements of Cloud Computing
   • Virtualization
   • Introduction to Grid technology
   • Introduction to Distributed Computing
   • Browser as a platform
   • Introduction to Web 2.0
   • Introduction to Autonomic Systems
   • Service Level Agreements
5. Case Studies
6. Practical sessions
   • Virtualization
   • Cloud Computing Operating System
   • Creating Windows servers on the cloud
   • Creating Linux servers on the cloud
   • Deploying applications on the cloud
   • Major cloud solutions

Course Delivery

This course is currently available in classroom mode for Indian citizens residing in India.

Reference material is provided in electronic form.

Classroom batches

The next classroom mode batch is scheduled from 5-Aug-2010 to 17-Sept-2010 at Pune.