Revised 05/2023
ITN 257 - Cloud Computing: Infrastructure and Services (3 CR.)
Course Description
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. Lecture 3 hours per week.
General Course Purpose
Cloud computing is becoming increasingly popular in the field of information technology. Companies in the industry are relying on various cloud computing services for storage, processing power, and an alternative to on-premises solutions. Students will gain an introduction to the cloud-computing environment and various services offered. The course is intended for people interested in the IT legal and IT marketing fields, business analysts, project managers, and other IT-related processionals.
Course Prerequisites/Corequisites
None.
Course Objectives
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
- 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
Required Time Allocation
In order to standardize the core topics of this course so that a course taught at one campus is equivalent to the same course taught at another campus, the following student contact hours per topic are required. Each syllabus should be created to adhere as closely as possible to these allocations. Sections of the course that are given in alternative formats from the standard 16-week section still meet for the same number of contact hours. The final exam time is not included in the time table.
| Topic | Hours | Percent |
| Cloud Basics and the global cloud infrastructure | 3 | 6.5% |
| Cloud Services and Common Features | 27 | 61% |
| Cloud Architecture Structures | 3 | 6.5% |
| Security in the Cloud | 3 | 6.5% |
| Vendor Support, Account Management and Pricing Model Examples | 3 | 6.5% |
| Quizzes and/or Exams, to demonstrate knowledge | 6 | 13% |
| Total: | 45 | 100% |