Syllabus
UNIT-I
INTRODUCTION
Introduction to Cloud Computing – Definition of Cloud – Evolution of Cloud Computing –
Underlying Principles of Parallel and Distributed Computing – Cloud Characteristics – Elasticity in
Cloud – On-demand Provisioning.
UNIT-II
CLOUD ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES
Service Oriented Architecture – REST and Systems of Systems – Web Services – Publish-
Subscribe Model – Basics of Virtualization – Types of Virtualization – Implementation Levels of
Virtualization – Virtualization Structures – Tools and Mechanisms – Virtualization of CPU –
Memory – I/O Devices –Virtualization Support and Disaster Recovery.
UNIT-III
CLOUD ARCHITECTURE, SERVICES AND STORAGE
Layered Cloud Architecture Design – NIST Cloud Computing Reference Architecture – Public,
Private and Hybrid Clouds – laaS – PaaS – SaaS – Architectural Design Challenges – Cloud
Storage – Storage-as-a-Service – Advantages of Cloud Storage – Cloud Storage Providers – S3.
UNIT-IV
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND SECURITY IN CLOUD
Inter Cloud Resource Management – Resource Provisioning and Resource Provisioning Methods –
Global Exchange of Cloud Resources – Security Overview – Cloud Security Challenges –
Software-as-a-Service Security – Security Governance – Virtual Machine Security – IAM –
Security Standards.
UNIT-V
CLOUD TECHNOLOGIES AND ADVANCEMENTS
Hadoop – MapReduce – Virtual Box — Google App Engine – Programming Environment for
Google App Engine –– Open Stack – Federation in the Cloud – Four Levels of Federation –
Federated Services and Applications – Future of Federation.