BACHELORS WITH APPLIED INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AS MINOR
3rd SEMESTER
AIT323N: APPLIED INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY _ CLOUD COMPUTING
CREDITS: THEORY: 4; TUTORIAL: 2
Unit – I
Introduction to Computing Paradigms: High-Performance Computing, Parallel Computing, Distributed
Computing, Cluster Computing, Grid Computing, Cloud Computing, Bio-computing, Mobile Computing,
Quantum Computing, Optical Computing, Nano-computing, Network Computing. Cloud Computing
Fundamentals: Motivation, Need, Definition of Cloud Computing. Principles of Cloud computing: Five Essential
Characteristics, Four Cloud Deployment Models, Three Service Offering Models, Cloud Ecosystem,
Requirements for Cloud Services.
Unit – II
Cloud Computing Architecture: cloud Architecture, User/Client Layer, Network Layer, Cloud Management
Layer, Hardware Resource Layer, Network Connectivity in Cloud Computing, Public Cloud Access Networking,
Private Cloud Access Networking.
UNIT – III
Cloud Computing Management: Cloud Application, Benefits and Drawbacks Applications on the Cloud,
Managing the Cloud, Managing the Cloud Infrastructure, Managing the Cloud Application, Migrating
Application to Cloud, Cloud Deployment Models: Private Cloud, Outsourced Private Cloud, Community Cloud,
On-Premise Community Cloud, Hybrid Cloud. Cloud Service Models: Infrastructure as a Service, Platform as a
Service, Software as a Service, Introduction to Open-Source Tools for IaaS, Paas & SaaS: Apache.
UNIT – IV
Technological Drivers for Cloud Computing: SOA and Cloud, SOA and SOC, Benefits of SOA, Multi-core
Technology: Multi-core Processors and VM Scalability, Memory and Storage Technologies, Cloud Storage
Requirements, Networking Technologies, Web 2.0: Characteristics, Difference from Web 1.0, Applications,
Social Media, Marketing, Education.
TUTORIAL: (2-CREDITS)
Note: The Tutorial Component shall be based on the Unit-I to Unit-IV
REFERENCES:
1. Essentials of Cloud Computing, K Chandrasekaran, CRC Press [ISBN: 3: 978--4822-0544-2]
2. Raj Kumar Buyya, James Broberg and rezei M.Goscinski, -Cloud Computing: Principles and Paradigms, -
Wiley 2011.
3. Srinivasan, J. Suresh, -Cloud Computing – a Practical Approach for Learning and Implementation, Pearson
India, [ISBN 978131776513]
4. Toby Velte, Anthony Velte, Robert Elsenpeter, - Cloud Computing, a Practical Approach - McGraw Hill,
2010 [ISBN: 0071626948]
