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Course Outline
1. Introduction to Cloud Computing
- The evolution of cloud computing
- From application hosting to SaaS, and public and private clouds
- Defining the cloud
- Selecting the right model: IaaS, PaaS, or SaaS
- Common cloud use cases
- Comparing SaaS with traditional enterprise computing
- The programmable web and cloud-based APIs
2. Cloud Migration
- Improving utilisation through resource virtualisation
- Managing cloud elasticity via automated, on-demand resource provisioning
- Enhancing economies of scale through shared infrastructure and applications
- Assessing the benefits and challenges of cloud adoption
3. IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service)
- IaaS architecture and core features
- Major IaaS providers
- Microsoft Azure
- Web Roles and Worker Roles
- Scalability, load balancing, and failover mechanisms
- Amazon Web Services (AWS)
- Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) and Amazon Machine Images (AMI)
- IaaS+: AWS Application Services and Marketplace
- Regions and Availability Zones
- Networking and security protocols
- Monitoring, Auto Scaling, and Load Balancing
- Developing scalable and fault-tolerant applications
- Strategies for protecting against outages
- Management interfaces
- Microsoft Azure
- Private and hybrid clouds
- Driving factors and associated challenges
- Defining specific requirements
- Methodology for establishing a private cloud
- Managing a private cloud environment
- Vendor overview for support
- VMware
- Abiquo
- Amazon Virtual Private Cloud
- Hybrid cloud environments
- Relevant use cases
- Product example: Eucalyptus
- Criteria for selecting a private cloud model
4. PaaS (Platform as a Service)
- Defining PaaS
- The complete PaaS stack
- Determining the scope: IaaS+, pure PaaS, or custom SaaS?
- Essential functionalities for building cloud applications
- Multi-tenancy
- Understanding multi-tenant systems
- Leveraging economies of scale
- Customising applications for specific tenants
- Key considerations for multi-tenant applications:
Stability, SLAs, legal and regulatory compliance, security, maintenance, and third-party components
- Leading PaaS providers
- Microsoft Azure
- Google App Engine
- Force.com
- Future trends in PaaS
5. SaaS (Software as a Service)
- Defining SaaS
- Practical examples
6. Cloud Architecture
- Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA)
- The Service Layer Model and the principle of loose coupling
- Combining SOA with Event-Driven Architecture (EDA) to create e-SOA
- The role of REST in cloud computing
- The synergy between SOA and Cloud from an industry perspective
- SOA and SaaS synergy
- SOA and PaaS synergy
- Strategies for meeting demand
- Applying SOA principles to the cloud: loose coupling, encapsulation, and asynchronous services
- Building multi-tenant applications based on SOA
- Migrating legacy systems to the cloud
- SOA and IaaS synergy
- Service-Oriented Infrastructure (SOI)
- Service virtualisation versus server virtualisation
- Automated, on-demand resource provisioning
7. Cloud Integration
- The necessity of cloud integration and associated challenges
- Leveraging SOA for integration
- Transitioning from application integration to Service-Oriented Integration (SOI)
- The need for mediation
- Mediation functionalities
- Reference architectures for Enterprise Service Buses (ESB)
- Specific requirements for cloud integration
- From ESB to the “Internet Service Bus”
- Product examples
- Windows Azure AppFabric
- IBM Cast Iron
- Fiorano
8. Standards and Open Source Software
- Cloud standards
- Addressing portability and interoperability
- Distributed Management Task Force, Inc. (DMTF)
- Open Virtualization Format (OVF)
- Open Cloud Standards Incubator
- Apache Libcloud
- Open Source Software (OSS)
- OpenStack
9. Cloud Security
- The evolution of cloud security
- From traditional web applications to SOA and the cloud
- Comparing public cloud and on-premise data centres
- Cloud security as a multi-dimensional issue
- Dimension 1: IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS
- Dimension 2: Network, VM, application, and data
- Dimension 3: CSP and tenant
- Identity, Entitlement, and Access Management (IdEA)
- Authentication and access control
- SAML, XACML, and Policy Enforcement Points (PEP)
- Security across on-premise systems and multiple clouds
- Cloud Security Alliance standards
- Cloud Controls Matrix, Consensus Assessments Initiative, Cloud Audit, and Cloud Trust Protocol
- Security, Trust, and Assurance Registry
10. Governance for Cloud-Based Services
- Comparing Business, IT, EA, SOA, and Cloud governance
- The rationale for using SOA governance as the foundation for cloud governance
- SOA governance frameworks, standards, and technologies
- Open Group’s Service Integration Maturity Model (OSIMM)
- Open Group SOA Governance Reference Model (SGRM)
- SOA Governance Vitality Method (SGVM)
- Cloud governance
- Similarities and differences compared to SOA governance
- Clarifying responsibilities: cloud provider versus cloud customer
- Switching cloud providers as a critical test for governance
- A methodology for cloud governance
- Technologies for implementing governance
11. Outlook and Conclusions
- Future trends and usage patterns in cloud computing
- The growing popularity of Hadoop in the cloud
- Cloud Return on Investment (ROI)
- Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)
Requirements
- Foundational understanding of distributed computing and application development.
Target Audience
- IT Architects
- IT Consultants
35 Hours
Testimonials (2)
All of the training was great. Especially liked the training documentation to reference. Looking forward to the Advanced Training, when we are ready.
Amy Gregg - Qualfon
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