ITN 257 - Cloud Computing: Infrastructure and Services at Tidewater Community College
Course Description
Effective: 2013-01-01
Focuses on cloud infrastructure, deployment, security models, and the key considerations in migrating to cloud computing. Covers the technologies and processes required to build traditional, virtualized, and cloud data center environments, including computation, storage, networking, desktop and application virtualization, business continuity, security, and management.
(3-4 Cr.) Lecture 3-4 hours. Total 3-4 hours per week.
3-4 credits
General Course Purpose
This course is required as part of the proposed Cloud Computing Career Studies Certificate program at Tidewater Community College.
Course Prerequisites/Corequisites
None
Course Objectives
- Explain the importance and benefits of cloud computing and the need for its rapid adoption
- Explain roadmap for transformation from classic to cloud environment
- Identify and differentiate various infrastructure components of classic and virtualized data center
- Explain virtualization requirements and available tools at each layer of IT infrastructure
- Analyze business continuity planning in a cloud environment
- Analyze disaster recover planning(DRP) in a cloud environment
- Analyze effective cloud computing deployment models for businesses/IT organizations
- Describe infrastructure framework and service management activities in cloud computing
- Articulate security concerns commonly found in cloud computing environments
- Formulate high-level cloud migration strategy and best practices
- Perform detailed exploration of cloud products and services
- Analyze infrastructure and service management activities in cloud computing
- Analyze security in cloud computing environments
Major Topics to be Included
- Cloud Computing Benefits
- Classic Data Center vs. Cloud Computing Environment
- Classic and Virtualized Data Center Components
- Cloud Computing Requirements and Tools
- Business Continuity Planning in a Cloud Environment
- Disaster Recovery Planning in a Cloud Environment
- Effective Cloud Computing Deployment Models for Businesses/IT Organizations
- Infrastructure and Service Management Activities in Cloud Computing
- Security in Cloud Computing Environments
- Cloud Migration Strategy and Best Practices
- Cloud Products and Services
- Infrastructure and Service Management Activities in Cloud Computing
- Cloud Computing Environment Security Analysis