Define and describe PaaS and IaaS.

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Course Evaluation

Students will be evaluated on: 1. Exams - Each exam will consist of multiple choice, multiple answer, matching, and True/False questions.

Exam items derived primarily from lectures and readings. Exams will be available through iLearn and completed independently.

2. Homework Assignments, Discussion, & Quizzes – Assignments, Discussion, & Quizzes will be given throughout the term. Each quiz will consist of multiple choice/answer, short answer questions, matching, and True/False questions. Quiz items derived primarily from lectures and readings. Quizzes will be available through iLearn and completed independently. Assignments and Discussions will come from the course lectures, materials, and required reading assignments.

3. Practical Connection Assignment – Written Assignment where students will reflect on course concepts and their practical connection to a working environment.

4. Residency Project - Research project completed during the residency weekend. Students will be randomly grouped in iLearn. Each group will submit their research project as a group. Students need to bring their laptops to conduct research, write research paper (SafeAssign reviewed), create PowerPoint presentation, and present their project orally before the class. Students must attend the residency weekend to earn a grade, there are no exceptions to this rule. Students not attending will earn zero points and a 0% as a grade. Please be note that the totality of all residency activities will constitute 60% of the course grade.

Grading Scale: Graded work will receive a numeric score reflecting the quality of performance as given above in evaluation methods. The class does not have a weighted grade. The class is out of 1000 points. The overall course grade will be determined according to the following scale:

Grade Percentage

A 900–1000 B 800–899 C 700–799 F <699

Syllabus Disclaimer: This syllabus is intended as a set of guidelines for this course and the professor reserves the right to make modifications in content, schedule, and requirements as necessary to promote the best education possible within conditions affecting this course. Any changes to the syllabus will be discussed with the students.

Tentative Course Expectations (specific due dates are listed in the course module) Week Weekly Topic Reading Assignment Due**

#1 10 Points

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

Jamsa - Chapter 1 Erl – Section 3.1

Due 01/12/20 Discussion Posting (Due by Thursday 01/09/20).

#2 15 Points

Software as a Service, Roles and Boundaries, Cloud Characteristics

Jamsa – Chapter 2 Erl – Sections 4.1 and 4.2

Due 01/19/20 Assignment

#3 15 Points

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

Jamsa – Chapters 3 and 4 Erl – Section5.2

Due 01/26/20 Assignment

#4 15 Points

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

Jamsa - Chapter 5 Erl – Sections 10.5 – 10.8

Due 02/02/20 Assignment

#5 15 Points

Data Storage in the Cloud, Cloud Storage Device Mechanisms

Jamsa – Chapter 6 Erl – Section 7.3

Due 02/09/20 Assignment

#6 15 Points

Collaboration in the Cloud Jamsa – Chapter 7 Due 02/16/20 Assignment

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#7 15 Points

Virtualization Jamsa – Chapter 8 Erl – Section 5.3

Due 02/23/20 Assignment

#8 15 Points

Securing the Cloud Jamsa – Chapter 9 Erl – Sections 6.1 and 6.4

Due 03/01/20 Assignment (Short Week)

#9 10 Points

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

Jamsa – Chapters 10 - 11 Due 03/08/20 Assignment

#10 600 Points 03/13- 03/15/2020

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None Practical Connection Assignment, Research Project, Presentation

#11 15 Points

Managing the Cloud, Migrating to the Cloud, SLA Guidelines

Jamsa – Chapters 12 – 13 Erl – Section 16.3

Due 03/22/20 Assignment

#12 15 Points

Mobile Computing, Multi-Device Broker Jamsa – Chapter 14 ERL – Section 8.9

Due 03/29/20 Assignment

#13 15 Points

Governing the Cloud, Risks and Challenges Jamsa – Chapter 15 Erl – Section 3.4

Due 04/05/20 Assignment

#14 15 Points

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

Jamsa – Chapters 16 - 18 Due 04/12/20 Assignment

#15 15 Points

Application Scalability, The Future of Cloud Computing

Jamsa – Chapters 19 - 20 Due 04/19/20 Assignment

#16 200 Points

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

Research Due 04/21/2020 (Short Week)

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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 3 – 5 pages in length. The Title and Reference pages do not count towards the page count requirements.