About the course

In this course, you will be introduced to the various aspects of cloud computing, including fundamentals, management issues, security challenges, and future research trends. This will help students (both UG and PG levels) and researchers to use and explore the cloud computing platforms.

The course will begin with the introduction to cloud computing, then you will learn about cloud computing architecture, service management, data management, and resource management in cloud computing. After that, you will learn about cloud security, open source, and commercial clouds, and then you will also learn about cloud simulator. The course will conclude with the research trend in cloud computing followed by an introduction to fog computing.

Learning Outcomes

After completing this course, you will be able to:

• Understand the fundamentals of Cloud Computing.
• Learn to exploit the benefits of the different cloud service models (SaaS, PaaS, IaaS).
• Boost your hireability through innovative and independent learning.

Target Audience

The course can be taken by:

Students: All students who are pursuing any technical/professional courses related to IT / Computer Science.

Teachers/Faculties: All teachers/faculties who wish to acquire new skills or improve their efficiency in Cloud Computing.

Professionals: All working professionals who want to enhance their skills by learning Cloud Computing.

Why learn Cloud Computing?

Cloud computing is one of the most trending technology in the current Information Technology Industry. This is due to the fact that cloud computing has helped several enterprises to save money while adding to their convenience. Cloud computing jobs are on the rise. According to a recent analysis, the international cloud computing market is expected to rise to $92 billion by 2018, and around 5 lakh job opportunities in India are expected in the same period. The roles in Cloud Computing might range from cloud developers to operators. Every role comprises of the knowledge of the cloud computing basics, and certain domain-specific skills. The demand for professionals with knowledge of Cloud Computing is expected to rise exponentially because more and more companies are implementing this technology.

Course Features

• 24X7 Access: You can view lectures as per your own convenience.
• Online lectures: 20 hours of online lectures with high-quality videos.
• Updated Quality content: Content is the latest and gets updated regularly to meet the current industry demands.

Test & Evaluation

1. During the program, the participants will have to take all the assignments given to them for better learning.

2. At the end of the program, a final assessment will be conducted.

Certification

1. All successful participants will be provided with a certificate of completion (except for demo courses).

2. Students who do not complete the course / leave it midway will not be awarded any certificate.

Topics to be covered

1. Module - 1
   • • What is the Basic paradigm of computing?
     • Can we have an overview of computing?
     • What are the trends in Computing?

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   • What is Distributed Systems?
2. Module - 2
   • What is the need for Distributed Systems?
   • What are Distributed Applications?
   • What is Grid Computing?
   • What is Cluster Computing?
   • What is Utility Computing?
   • What is the NIST definition of Cloud Computing?
3. Module - 3
   • What is Cloud Computing?
   • What are Cloud Services Models?
   • What are the Deployment Models?
   • How are Cloud and Virtualization related?
   • What are Virtual Machines?
   • What are the Issues of Cloud Sourcing?
   • What is Cloud Storage?
   • What are the Advantages and Disadvantages of Cloud Computing?
4. Module - 4
   • What is Cloud Computing Architecture?
   • What is Xaas Architecture?
   • How can we Architecture for Elasticity?
   • What is the Service Model of XaaS?
   • What is Classical Service Model?
   • What is the Impact of Cloud Computing?
   • Can we compare Xaas and Classical service model?
   • What is Client-Server Architecture?
5. Module - 5
   • What is the Process of Client Server Architecture?
   • Can we compare Client-Server Architecture and Cloud Model?
   • What are Cloud Services?
   • What is Software as a Service (SaaS)?
   • What is Platform as a Service (PaaS)?
   • What is Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)?
   • What are Service Providers?
   • What is Networking in Cloud Computing?
6. Module - 6
   • What is Public Cloud Deployment Model?
   • What is Private Cloud Deployment Model?
   • What is the Community Cloud Deployment Model?
   • What is Hybrid Cloud Deployment Model?
   • How do we select a Deployment Model?
7. Module - 7
   • What is the Core concept of Virtualization?
   • What is IaaS Provider/Subscriber Interaction Dynamics?
   • What is IaaS Component Stack and Scope of Control?
   • What is the IaaS Cloud Architecture?
   • What is Operation of Cloud, Cluster and Computer Manager?
   • What is the Role of Virtualization?
   • What is the Hypervisor or Virtual Machine Monitor?
   • What are the Approaches to Virtualization?
8. Module - 8
   • What is XML?
   • What is the XML Declaration and XML Data Model?
   • What is the Definition of XML?
   • What is XML Data Processing?
   • What is XML Messaging?
   • What is Family of XML?
9. Module - 9
   • What is XML Schema?
   • What is XML Namespace?
   • How can we mix Language Dialects?
   • What are XML Softwares?
   • What are the Different XML Parser?
   • What are the Different XML Parser?
   • What is XSLT(Extensible Stylesheet Language - Transformation)?
   • What are the Techniques of XML Messaging?
10. Module - 10
    • What are Web Services?
    • How did Web Services evolve?
    • Can we look at a short summary of Web Services?
    • What is Service Oriented Architecture(SOA)?
    • What are Web Service components?
    • What is Web Service Security?
11. Module - 11
    • What is SLA?
    • Can we learn more about SLA?
    • What are the contents of an SLA?
    • What is Web Service SLA?
    • What is the Difference b/w Cloud SLA and Web Service SLA?
    • What are the Types of SLA?
    • What is the Service Level Objective?
    • What is Service Level Management?
12. Module - 12
    • What is the Economy behind Cloud?
    • What is the Value of Common Infrastructure?
    • What is the Coefficient of Variation?
    • What is Common Infrastructure in the real world & Value of Location Independence?
    • What is Utility Pricing?
    • What is the Value of On-Demand Services?
    • Practice Assignment
13. Module - 13
    • What is Data management in Cloud?
    • What is Relational Database?
    • What are Data Storage Techniques?
    • What is a Parallel Database?
    • What is Cloud File System?
    • What is the Google File System?
    • What is Fault Tolerance?
    • What is Big Table?
    • What is the Dynamo?
    • What is the Data Store?
14. Module - 14
    • Introduction to Map Reduce
    • What are Parallel Computing and Parallel Efficiency?
    • Example discussion
    • Map Reduce Model, Example, Fault Tolerance, Efficiency, Application
15. Module - 15
    • What is Open Stack?
    • What is the history of Open Stack?
    • What are the major components of Open Stack?
    • How can we do workflow and provisioning flow in Open Stack?
    • What are the individual components' architectures of Open Stack?
    • What is the basic concept of Open Stack Storage?
16. Module – 16
    • What is Meghamala(Open Stack Cloud)?
    • Can we look some more at Meghamala?
    • How can we install Open stack?
    • How do we create VM in Open Stack Cloud?
    • How do we connect VM to GUI in Stack?
    • How do we terminate VM from Stack?
17. Module – 17
    • What is Microsoft Azure (Commercial Cloud)?
    • Can we look more at Azure Platform?
    • What is Microsoft Azure (some more details)?
    • What are Sketch and Instance Types in MS Azure?
    • What are the Services provided by Azure?
    • How can we create a Python web app. in MS Azure?
18. Module – 18
    • Can we look at MS Azure Login & terminal connection?
    • How can we do local development of Web App?
    • How do we execute the Web Application?
    • How can we configure Local Gut deployment?
    • How do we manage a Local Project?
19. Module – 19
    • What is Google Cloud Platform (GCP)?
    • Can we look at more details of Google Cloud Platform?
    • What is Google Cloud Platform Services?
    • What are some examples using Google Cloud Platform?
20. Module – 20
    • How can we do a GCP console login and create a bucket?
    • How can we upload web content in GCP?
    • How can we host a Website?
    • How can we build a Python App.?
    • How do we deploy an App. in Google App Engine?
21. Module – 21
    • What is SLA?
    • Let us discuss a problem-01
    • Let us discuss a problem-02
    • What is SLA for Cloud Services?
    • How can we do Uptime calculation for Cloud Services & VM?
    • What is SLA forming steps?
22. Module – 22
    • What are Economic properties of Cloud?
    • What is Utility pricing in detail?
    • What is the Value of On-Demand Services?
    • Can we do a Practical (Assignment-1)?
    • Can we do a Practical (Assignment-2)?
    • Can we do a Practical (Assignment-3)?
23. Module – 23
    • What is Map Reduce?
    • Can we discuss Map Reduce Model in detail?
    • Can we discuss problem-1(Hadoop Framework related)?
    • Can we discuss problem-2(Map & Reduce output)?
    • Can we discuss problem-3(Salary computation using Map Reduce)?
    • Can we discuss problem-3(Mapper phase coding)?
    • Can we discuss problem-3(Reducer phase coding)?
24. Module – 24
    • What is Resource Management?
    • What are the different Resources in Computing?
    • What is the role of Resource Management in Cloud?
    • What is Data Center Power Consumption?
    • What are Green Data Centers?
    • What is Green Computing?
    • What are the Research Aspects in Cloud Environment?
    • What is the Green Cloud Framework?
    • What is VM Scheduling?
    • What is VM Management?
    • What are Energy Saving Parameters?
25. Module – 25
    • Can we have a quick revision of basic resource management in Cloud?
    • Resource Management for IaaS
    • What is the Resource Management-Objectives?
    • What is the Resource Management-Challenges?
    • What are the Resource Management Aspects?
    • What are the different types of Resource Management & their meaning?
    • What are the different Resource Provisioning Approaches?
    • What are the Approaches for Resource Allocation?
    • What are the Resource Mapping Approaches?
    • What are the Resource Adaption Approaches?
    • What are the Performance Metrics for Resource Management?
26. Module – 26
    • What is Security?
    • What are Security Attacks & Classes of Threats?
    • What are the Policies and Mechanisms?
    • What are the Goals of Security?
    • What are Trust and Assumptions?
    • What are the Types of Mechanisms?
    • What are Some important issues related to security?
    • What are Passive and Active Attacks?
    • What are Security services & the role of security?
    • What are the Types of Attacks?
    • What is Network Security?
    • Why do we need Stepwise security policies?
27. Module – 27
    • What is Security with respect to Cloud?
    • What are the Advantages & some challenges of using Cloud?
    • What does a survey on Potential Cloud Barriers say?
    • What is Security Stack and Sample Clouds?
    • What are Gartner's Security Risk Parameters?
    • What are the other important issues in Cloud Security?
28. Module – 28
    • Can we look at a case study on Cloud Security?
    • What are the Risks in Cloud?
    • What is Attack and Threat Model?
    • What is Amazon EC2 Service?
    • Query-1- Cloud Cartography
    • Query 2-Determining Co-residence?
    • Query 3-Causing Co-residence?
    • Query 4-Exploiting Co-residence
29. Module – 29
    • Can we look at an overview of Security issues in SaaS cloud?
    • Can we have a recap of Cloud Computing Security Issues?
    • What are Security responsibilities?
    • What is SaaS cloud-based collaboration?
    • What are the Challenges in SaaS cloud?
    • Different objectives
    • How can we select a SaaS cloud provider?
    • What is the Recommendation of Access Request?
    • What are Detection & Removal of Access Policy Conflicts?
30. Module – 30
    • What is a broker for Cloud marketplace?
    • What are the different approaches of martplace and Customer QoS Parameters?
    • What is a provider, marketplace architecture? How do we select a provider?
    • What is a monitoring module and mitigation decider?
    • Can we look at case study of IaaS and SaaS Marketplace and future scope?
31. Module – 31
    • What are Mobile Cloud Computing (MCC) and its motivation?
    • What is Mobile Backend-as-a-service? and how can we augment mobiles with cloud computing
    • Why Mobile Cloud Computing and what are its key features?
    • What is a typical MCC Workflow and what is Dynamic Runtime Offloading?
    • What are the key components and architecture of MCC?
    • What are the advantages of MCC and its challenges?
32. Module – 32
    • What are some more challenges in Mobile Cloud Computing?
    • What are MAUI and COMET?
    • What are the Key Problems to Solve in MCC?
    • How and when can we code offload?
33. Module – 33
    • What are the Typical Characteristics and Issues with Cloud-only Computing?
    • What is Fog computing?
    • Why do we need Fog computing?
    • Can Fog computing replace Cloud Computing? What are its advantages and security issues?
34. Module – 34
    • Can we look at Fog computing in more detail?
    • Can we look at Fog computing along with Cloud Computing?
    • What are the use cases for Fog computing (Connected Vehicle (CV), IOT and Smart Grid)?
    • What are the challenges in Fog (resource management and security issues)?
35. Module – 35
    • What is Spatial Data?
    • What are GIS and it challenges?
    • Who are GIS users and what is the need for a Geospatial cloud?
    • What is a typical Geospatial Cloud Architecture?
    • Can we look at Experimental Geospatial?
36. Module – 36
    • What is container technology and Docker?
    • How do we achieve Interoperability and "Shipping" with "Docker"?
    • What are the features and components of Docker?
    • What is a Container? and How does Docker Work?
    • Why is docker needed for applications?
37. Module – 37
    • What is Cloud Computing?
    • What is Cloud Economy and the Importance of Energy Consumption?
    • What is Data Center Architecture?
    • What is the impact of cloud Data Center and what is a typical green cloud architecture?
38. Module – 38
    • Why do we need Sensors?
    • What are Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) and their Limitations?
    • What is a Sensor Network and why do we Need to integrate Sensors with Cloud?
    • What is Sensor Cloud Computing?
    • What is the Sensor Cloud Infrastructure and its System Architecture?
    • Can we look at a Layered Sensor Cloud Architecture?
39. Module – 39
    • What is IoT?
    • Why is IoT important?
    • What is a basic IoT Architecture?
    • What is the Cloud Components for IoT?
    • What is iCOMOT: An IoT Cloud System, Infrastructure and can we look at an example?
    • What are Services for IoT - based Vehicular Data Clouds, its architecture and Vacancy detections by Sensors?
40. Module – 40
    • What is Cloud Computing (CC) Architecture?
    • How do we manage Services, Resources and Data in Cloud Computing
    • What is cloud security?
    • Can we look at a case study on open source and commercial cloud and research trends?
    • What are important considerations for Cloud management, operations and monitoring?
    • Can we look at Cloud - software, data analytics and service management
41. Cloud Computing Final Quiz