Cloud Computing

 Chapter 10 topics:

• Define and describe business continuity.
• Define and describe disaster recovery.
• Discuss pros and cons of cloud-based backup operations.
• Discuss threats to an IT data center infrastructure and provide cloud-based solutions to mitigate the risks.

 Chapter 11 topics:

• Define software architecture.
• Define and describe SOA.
• Compare and contrast a web page and a web service.
• Search the Web for companies that offer web services and then describe three to five web services that programmers might integrate into the applications they create.

 Chapter 12 topics:

• Discuss key items that should be included in an SLA.
• Define predictive analytics and discuss how an IT manager might use such analytics.
• Discuss how an IT manager might use load testing on a site.
• Define and discuss vendor lock-in and identify steps a company should take to mitigate this risk.

 Chapter 13 topics:

• List and describe common system requirements one should consider before moving an application to the cloud.
• Discuss why a company should consider using a consultant to oversee a cloud migration and list specific skills you would expect the consultant to have.
• List and discuss resource utilization characteristics one should monitor for an application prior to moving the application to the cloud.
• List possible training requirements for an SaaS solution integration, a PaaS application migration, and an IaaS application migration.