Course overview
This course will introduce Cloud Computing and virtualisation concepts and prepare students to manage the move by a small to medium organisation to using Cloud Computing. The course includes: Introduction to Cloud Computing: Defining Cloud Computing; assessing the value proposition; understanding Cloud architecture; understanding services and applications by type. Using cloud platforms: Understanding abstraction and virtualisation; capacity planning; platform as a service; using a Cloud service (at least one of: Google web Services, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Cloud Services). Cloud Governance and case studies: Organisational readiness and change management; Data security; legal issues. Cloud Services and Applications: understanding Service Oriented Architecture; moving applications to the Cloud; achieving production readiness for Cloud services. Using the Mobile Cloud: Working with mobile devices; Working with mobile web services.
Course learning outcomes
- Describe Cloud concepts, architectures, service types and application types.
- Assess the value proposition of using cloud computing and virtualisation concepts for an organisation.
- Develop the requirements for a Cloud platform for a particular organisation, and develop an evaluation process to select a Cloud platform.
- Plan the move of applications to a Cloud platform.
- Describe how a particular Cloud platform can be used to implement IT requirements for an organisation.
- Plan for the governance of services implemented on a Cloud platform.
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