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Course Description

This course is designed as a primer for cloud computing which many believe is the third major wave of computing, after mainframe and client-server computing. The course examines this technology from both business and technical perspectives. The course is designed to deliver a holistic and balanced view of cloud computing business models, technological infrastructure, benefits, and risks. The content will help technology students understand the business impact and the business student to understand the technology at a high level.

Course Objectives

Course Objectives/Learner Outcomes:

Upon completion of the course, students will be able to understand…

• basic concepts and terminology relating to cloud computing.

• benefits and risks associated with cloud computing.

• cloud delivery models including IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, and IDaaS.

• virtualization technology and service-oriented architecture.

• fundamental cloud security and governance.

• cloud management and security mechanisms.

• a look into the possible future of the cloud computing.

Learner Outcomes/ Assessments

The learner will be able to complete an assessment of an organization that had leveraged cloud computing to gain advantage.

Books and Resources

Required Textbooks

Course Schedule

Weekly Unit

Readings/Topics

Assignments, grade and Due Dates

Week 1

Introduction to Cloud Computing including History, Cloud Types, Uses, and Virtualization

Software as a Service, Roles and Boundaries, Cloud Characteristics

Jamsa - Chapter 1

Erl – Section 3.1

Jamsa – Chapter 2

Erl – Sections 4.1 and 4.2

Week 1 Assignment Required

Discussion board post

Due 7/5

Grade: __80_____ Points *Failing to Participate in Week 1 may result in being dropped from the course.

Week 2

Platform as a Service, Infrastructure as a Service, Data Center Technology

Identity as a Service, Identity and Access Management, Single Sign On, Cloud Based Security Groups, Hardened Servers

Jamsa – Chapters 3 and 4

Erl – Section5.2

Jamsa - Chapter 5

Erl – Sections 10.5 – 10.8

Discussion and Assignment due Sunday 7/12

Grade: ___80____ Points

Week 3

Data Storage in the Cloud, Cloud Storage Device Mechanisms

Collaboration in the Cloud

Jamsa – Chapter 6

Erl – Section 7.3

Jamsa – Chapter 7

Discussion and assignment due Sunday 7/19

Grade: __80_____ Points

Week 4

Virtualization

Securing the Cloud

Jamsa – Chapter 8

Erl – Section 5.3

Jamsa – Chapter 9

Erl – Sections 6.1 and 6.4

Discussion and assignment due Sunday 7/26

Grade: __80_____ Points

Week 5

Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity and the Cloud, Service Oriented Architecture

Managing the Cloud, Migrating to the Cloud, SLA Guidelines

Jamsa – Chapters 10 – 11

Jamsa – Chapters 12 – 13

Erl – Section 16.3

Discussion and assignment due Sunday 8/2

Grade: __100_____ Points

Week 6

Mobile Computing, Multi-Device Broker

Governing the Cloud, Risks and Challenges

Jamsa – Chapter 14

ERL – Section 8.9

Jamsa – Chapter 15

Discussion and assignment due Sunday 8/9

Practical Connection Assignment

Grade: _80______ Points

Week 7

Evaluating the Cloud’s Business Impact and Economics, Designing Cloud-Based Solutions, Coding Cloud Based applications

Application Scalability, The Future of Cloud Computing

Jamsa – Chapters 16 – 18

Jamsa – Chapters 19 – 20

Discussion and assignment due Sunday 8/16

Grade: _100______ Points

Week 8

Portfolio Project – 4 page paper about an organization that has moved to using cloud computing. This is not a cursory overview – Be able to answer the why and how of this change.

Portfolio Project

For this project, select an organization that has leveraged Cloud Computing technologies in an attempt to improve profitability or to give them a competitive advantage. Research the organization to understand the challenges that they faced and how they intended to use Cloud Computing to overcome their challenges. The paper should include the following sections each called out with a header.

· Company Overview: The section should include the company name, the industry they are in and a general overview of the organization.

· Challenges: Discuss the challenges the organization had that limited their profitability and/or competitiveness and how they planned to leverage Cloud Computing to overcome their challenges.

· Solution: Describe the organization’s Cloud Computing implementation and the benefits they realized from the implementation. What was the result of implementing Cloud Computing? Did they meet their objectives for fall short?

· Conclusion: Summarize the most important ideas from the paper and also make recommendations or how they might have achieved even greater success.

The paper must adhere to APA guidelines including Title and Reference pages. There should be at least three scholarly sources listed on the reference page. Each source should be cited in the body of the paper to give credit where due. Per APA, the paper should use a 12-point Time New Roman font, should be double spaced throughout, and the first sentence of each paragraph should be indented .5 inches. The body of the paper should be 4 – 5 pages in length. The Title and Reference pages do not count towards the page count requirements.

*SHORT WEEK* All assignments must be completed by DATE at TIME EST.

Assignment

Grade: __400_____ Points

Due 8/20 – No exceptions