Cloud Platforms (UniSA)

Undergraduate | 2026

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Area/Catalogue
INFO 2041
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Course ID
207148
Level of study
Level of study
Undergraduate
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Unit value
6
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Course level
2
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Inbound study abroad and exchange
Inbound study abroad and exchange
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No
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University-wide elective course
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Single course enrolment
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Course data is interim and subject to change

Course overview

This course will provide a detailed overview of cloud concepts, AWS core services, security, architecture, pricing and support, and how these can be used by an organisation to support their IT infrastructure. Topics covered in this course include: overview of cloud concepts, cloud models IaaS, PaaS, SaaS; introduction to AWS, AWS Global Infrastructure; Cloud Security: Identity and Access Management (IAM), Security Policy; Networking: Virtual private clouds (VPC) vs public clouds; architectural principles of cloud computing; Core Cloud Services: EC2, Lambda, S3; and other cloud service offerings from Azure and Google Cloud.

Course learning outcomes

  • Describe the different types of cloud computing models.
  • Compare the benefits of cloud computing with traditional on-premises.
  • Identify the most appropriate cloud-base service to meet a specific need.
  • Apply a range cloud-based services including security, networking, compute, and storage.
  • Construct a working cloud IT infrastructure based on an existing on-premise design.

Prerequisite(s)

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Corequisite(s)

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Antirequisite(s)

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Assessment

Assignment, Report