Cloud Computing Syllabus

This article is created to provide the chapter-wise syllabus of cloud computing.

Introduction To Cloud Computing

• Definition of Cloud Computing
• Evolution of Cloud Computing
• Principles of Parallel and Distributed Computing
• Characteristics of Cloud Computing
• Elasticity in Cloud Computing
• On-demand Cloud Provisioning

Cloud Enabling Technologies Service Oriented Architecture

• REST and Systems of Systems Web Services
• Publish Subscribe Model
• Virtualization:
  • Basics of Virtualization
  • Types of Virtualization
  • Implementation Levels of Virtualization
  • Virtualization Structures
  • Tools and Mechanisms
  • Virtualization of CPU
  • Memory Virtualization
  • Virtualization of Input/Output (I/O) Devices
  • Virtualization Support and Disaster Recovery

Cloud Architecture, Services And Storage

• Layered Cloud Architecture Design
• National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Cloud Computing Reference Architecture
• Public, Private and Hybrid Clouds
• Infrastructure as a service (laaS)
• Platform as a Service (PaaS)
• Software as a Service (SaaS)
• Architectural Design Challenges
• Cloud Storage and its Advantages
• Cloud Storage Providers
• Storage-as-a-Service
• Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3)

Resource Management And Security In Cloud Computing

• Inter Cloud Resource Management
• Resource Provisioning and Resource Provisioning Methods
• Global Exchange of Cloud Resources
• Security Overview
• Cloud Security Challenges
• Software-as-a-Service Security
• Security Governance
• Virtual Machine Security
• Identity and Access Management (IAM)
• Security Standards

Cloud Technologies and Advancements Hadoop

• MapReduce
• Virtual Box
• Google App Engine and its Programming Environment
• Open Stack
• Federation in the Cloud
• Four Levels of Federation
• Federated Services and Applications
• Future of Federation

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