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AD-702 (A) · Cloud Computing/Official Syllabus

Cloud Computing (AD-702 (A)) - Official Syllabus

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Unit 1

Introduction To Cloud Computing

  • Definition
  • Characteristics
  • Components
  • Software as a Service
  • Platform as a Service
  • Infrastructure as Service
  • Public clouds
  • Private clouds
  • Community clouds
  • Hybrid clouds
  • Advantages of Cloud computing
  • Comparing cloud providers with traditional IT service providers
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Unit 2

Services Virtualization Technology and Study of Hypervisor

  • Utility Computing
  • Elastic computing
  • Grid computing
  • Study of Hypervisor
  • Virtualization applications in enterprises
  • High-performance computing
  • Pitfalls of virtualization
  • Multitenant software
  • Multi-entity support
  • Multi schema approach
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Unit 3

Installing cloud platforms and performance evaluation

  • Organizational scenarios of clouds
  • Administering & Monitoring cloud services
  • Load balancing
  • Resource optimization
  • Resource dynamic reconfiguration
  • Implementing real time application
  • Mobile Cloud Computing
  • Edge computing
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Unit 4

Cloud security fundamentals & Issues in cloud computing

  • Secure Execution Environments and Communications in cloud
  • General Issues and Challenges while migrating to Cloud
  • The Seven-step model of migration into a cloud
  • Vulnerability assessment tool for cloud
  • Trusted Cloud computing
  • Virtualization security management-virtual threats
  • VM Security Recommendations and VM-Specific Security techniques
  • QOS Issues in Cloud
  • Dependability
  • Data migration
  • Challenges and risks in cloud adoption
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Unit 5

Case Study on Open Source and Commercial Clouds

  • Open Stack
  • Eucalyptus
  • Open Nebula
  • Apache Cloud Stack
  • Amazon (AWS)
  • Microsoft Azure
  • Google cloud

Reference Books

  • Cloud Computing: Principles, Systems and Applications — Nikos Antonopoulos, Lee Gillam
  • Cloud Security: A Comprehensive Guide to Secure Cloud Computing — Ronald L. Krutz, Russell Dean Vines
  • Cloud Security & Privacy — Tim Malhar, S. Kumaraswammy, S. Latif
  • Cloud Computing: Fundamentals, Industry Approach and Trends — Rishabh Sharma
  • Cloud Computing Bible — Barrie Sosinsky
  • Cloud Computing: Principles and Paradigms — Rajkumar Buyya, James Broberg, Andrzej M. Goscinski
  • Mastering Cloud Computing — Rajkumar Buyya, Christian Vecchiola, S. Thamaraselvi
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