Cloud Computing

Concepts Covered: • Introduction to computing • Trends in Computing • Centralized vs. Distributed Computing • Common properties of Distributed Computing • Need of Distributed Computing Concepts Covered: • Distributed applications • Grid Computing • Need of Grid Computing • Cluster Computing • Operational Benefits of Clustering • Utility Computing and its features Concepts Covered: • Cloud Computing • Cloud Characteristics • Cloud Services Models • Cloud and Virtualization • Virtual Machines • Cloud Storage • Advantages of Cloud Computing • Disadvantages of Cloud Computing Concepts Covered: • Major building blocks of Cloud Computing Architecture • XaaS stack: Customer view vs Provider view • Service Models (XaaS) • Classical Service Model • Classic Model vs. XaaS • Client Server Architecture Concepts Covered: • Client Server model vs. Cloud model • Cloud service models • Software as a Service (SaaS) • Platform as a Service (PaaS) • Infrastru...