Cloud Computing Course Outline - University of Sargodha

Course Title: Cloud Computing

Course Code: CS-4544

Course Structure: Lectures: 3/Labs: 0

Credit Hours: 3

Prerequisites: CMP-3621(Operating Systems)

Course Objectives:

This course gives an introduction to cloud computing and related techniques, issues, ecosystem
and case studies. Students will become familiar with cloud services and their techniques through
labs and the term project.

Course Syllabus:

Overview of Distributed Computing, Emergence of Cloud Computing, Global Nature of the
Cloud, Cloud-Based Service Offerings, Grid Computing , Reliability of Cloud Model, Benefits
of Cloud Model, Legal Issues, Key Characteristics of Cloud Computing, Challenges for the
Cloud. The Evolution of Cloud Computing. Web Services Delivered from the Cloud:
Communication-as-a-Service (CaaS), Infrastructure-as-a-Service, Monitoring-as-a-Service
(MaaS), Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS), Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Infrastructure as a Service
(IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), Software as a Service (SaaS). Building Cloud
Networks.Virtualization.Federation, Presence, Identity, and Privacy in the Cloud.Security in the
Cloud. Common Standards in Cloud Computing. End-User Access to Cloud Computing. Mobile
Internet Devices and the Cloud.

Course Outline:

1.     Overview of Distributed Computing, Emergence of Cloud Computing, Global Nature of
the Cloud, Cloud-Based Service Offerings, Grid Computing , Reliability of Cloud Model,
Benefits of Cloud Model, Legal Issues, Key Characteristics of Cloud Computing,
Challenges for the Cloud. [TB1]

2.      The Evolution of Cloud Computing: Computer Hardware Evolution, Internet Software
Evolution, Server Virtualization. [TB1: Ch. 1]

3.      Web Services Delivered from the Cloud: Communication-as-a-Service (CaaS),
Infrastructure-as-a-Service, Monitoring-as-a-Service (MaaS), Platform-as-a-Service
(PaaS), Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a
Service (PaaS), Software as a Service (SaaS). [TB1: Ch. 2]

4.      Building Cloud Networks: Evolution from the MSP Model to Cloud, The Cloud Data
Center, Collaboration, Service-Oriented Architectures, Basic Approach to a Data
Center-Based SOA, The Role of Open Source Software in Data Centers. [TB1: Ch. 3]

5.      Virtualization: Sun xVMVirtualBox, FreeDOS, 7-Zip Archive Tool. [TB1: Ch. 4]

6.      Federation, Presence, Identity, and Privacy in the Cloud: Federation in the Cloud,
Presence in the Cloud, Privacy and Its Relation to Cloud-Based Information Systems.
[TB1: Ch. 5]

7.      Security in the Cloud, Cloud Security Challenges, Software-as-a-Service Security, Is
Security-as-a-Service the New NSSP? [TB1: Ch. 6]

8.      Common Standards in Cloud Computing: The Open Cloud Consortium, The Distributed

Management Task Force, Standards of Application Development, Standards for
Messaging, Standards for Security. [TB1: Ch. 7]

9.      End-User Access to Cloud Computing: YouTube, YouTube API Overview, Zimbra,
Facebook, Zoho, DimDim Collaboration. [TB1: Ch. 8]

10. Mobile Internet Devices and the Cloud: Smartphones, Mobile Operating Systems for
Smartphones, Mobile Platform Virtualization, Collaboration Applications for Mobile
Platforms. [TB1: Ch. 9]

Textbook(s):

•         Cloud Computing Implementation, Management, and Security by John W. Rittinghouse
and James F. Ransome, Taylor and Francis Group, LLC (2010). ISBN 978-1-4398-0680-
7.

Reference Material:

•         Cloud Computing Explained: Implementation Handbook for Enterprises by John Rhoton,
Recursive Press (2009). ISBN-10: 0956355609.

•         Cloud Computing and SOA Convergence in Your Enterprise: A Step-by-Step Guide by
David S. Linthicum, Addison-Wesley Professional; 1^st Edition (2009). ISBN-10:
0136009220.

•         Cloud Computing Bible by Barrie Sosinsky, Wiley; 1^st Edition (2011). ISBN-10:
0470903562.

•         Cloud Application Architectures: Building Applications and Infrastructure in the Cloud
(Theory in Practice (O'Reilly)) by George Reese, O'Reilly Media; 1^st Edition (2009).
ISBN-10: 0596156367.

•         Securing the Cloud: Cloud Computer Security Techniques and Tactics by Vic (J.R.)
Winkler, Syngress; 1^st Edition (2011). ISBN-10: 1597495921.

•         Private Cloud Computing: Consolidation, Virtualization, and Service-Oriented.
Infrastructure by Stephen R Smoot and Nam K Tan, Morgan Kaufmann; 1 Edition
(2011). ISBN-10: 0123849195.

Note: This content is obtained from official documents of University of Sargodha and applied on BS Computer Science for Main Campus, Sub Campuses, and Affiliated Colleges.