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Course Outline
1. Introduction to Cloud Computing
- The evolution of cloud computing
- Progression from application hosting to SaaS, and then to public and private clouds
- Defining the Cloud
- Selecting your model: IaaS, PaaS, or SaaS
- Common cloud usage scenarios
- SaaS compared to traditional enterprise computing
- The programmable Web: APIs in the cloud
2. Cloud Migration
- Enhanced resource utilization through virtualization
- Managing cloud elasticity via automated, on-demand resource provisioning
- Scaling the economy through shared infrastructure and applications
- Assessing cloud benefits and associated challenges
3. IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service)
- IaaS architecture and core features
- Major IaaS providers
- Microsoft Azure
- Web Roles & Worker Roles
- Scalability, load balancing, and failover mechanisms
- Amazon Web Services (AWS)
- Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) & Amazon Machine Images (AMI)
- IaaS+: AWS Application Services and Marketplace
- Regions & Availability Zones
- Networking & security protocols
- Monitoring, Auto Scaling, & Load Balancing
- Developing scalable and fault-tolerant applications
- Strategies for mitigating outage risks
- Management interfaces
- Microsoft Azure
- Private & hybrid cloud models
- Driving factors and implementation challenges
- Defining specific requirements
- Methodologies for building a private cloud
- Strategies for private cloud management
- Key vendors and solutions
- VMware
- Abiquo
- Amazon Virtual Private Cloud
- Hybrid cloud environments
- Practical use cases
- Product example: Eucalyptus
- Selecting the appropriate private cloud model
4. PaaS (Platform as a Service)
- Defining PaaS
- Comprehensive PaaS stack
- Determining boundaries: IaaS+, pure PaaS, or custom SaaS?
- Essential functionalities for cloud application development
- Multi-Tenancy
- Understanding multi-tenant systems
- Leveraging economies of scale
- Tenant-specific application customization
- Key considerations for multi-tenant applications:
Stability, SLA, legal & regulatory compliance, security, maintenance, and 3rd-party components
- Leading PaaS providers
- Microsoft Azure
- Google App Engine
- Force.com
- Future trends in PaaS
5. SaaS (Software as a Service)
- Defining SaaS
- Illustrative examples
6. Cloud Architecture
- Service Oriented Architecture (SOA)
- Service Layer Model & the principle of loose coupling
- Combining SOA with Event Driven Architecture (EDA) to form e-SOA
- The role of REST in cloud computing
- The synergy between SOA and Cloud from an industry perspective
- SOA and SaaS integration
- SOA and PaaS integration
- Strategies to meet demand
- Applying SOA principles to the cloud: loose coupling, encapsulation, and asynchronous services
- Developing multi-tenant applications based on SOA
- Legacy system migration to the cloud
- SOA and IaaS integration
- Service-Oriented Infrastructure (SOI)
- Service virtualization versus server virtualization
- Automated, on-demand resource provisioning
7. Cloud Integration
- The necessity and challenges of cloud integration
- Leveraging SOA for integration focus
- Transitioning from application integration to Service Oriented Integration (SOI)
- The role of mediation
- Mediation functionalities
- Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) reference architectures
- Specific requirements for cloud integration
- Evolution from ESB to the “Internet Service Bus”
- Product examples:
- Windows Azure AppFabric
- IBM Cast Iron
- Fiorano
8. Standards and Open Source Software
- Cloud standards
- Portability & interoperability: defining the problem
- 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
- Progression from traditional Web applications to SOA and then to the Cloud
- Comparing public cloud and on-premise datacenters
- Cloud security as a multi-dimensional challenge
- Dimension 1: IaaS, PaaS, SaaS
- Dimension 2: Network, VM, application, data
- Dimension 3: CSP, tenant
- Identity, Entitlement & Access Management (IdEA)
- Authentication & Access Control
- SAML, XACML, and Policy Enforcement Point (PEP)
- Security across on-premise systems and multiple clouds
- Cloud Security Alliance standards
- Cloud Controls Matrix, Consensus Assessments Initiative, Cloud Audit, Cloud Trust Protocol
- Security, Trust, and Assurance Registry
10. Governance for Cloud-Based Services
- Comparing Business, IT, EA, SOA, and Cloud Governance
- Why SOA governance should form the foundation of 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 distinctions with SOA governance
- Defining responsibilities: cloud provider versus cloud customer
- Switching cloud providers – the ultimate test of governance
- Methodologies for Cloud governance
- Technologies for implementing governance
11. Outlook and Conclusions
- Future outlook and usage trends for cloud computing
- Hadoop – increasing adoption 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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