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Course Outline
1. Introduction to Cloud Computing
- Historical Context:
- From application hosting to SaaS to public and private cloud
- Cloud Definition:
- Selecting the appropriate model: IaaS, PaaS, SaaS
- A Cloud Reference Architecture
- Common Cloud Usage Scenarios:
- SaaS versus traditional enterprise computing
- The programmable Web: an API in the cloud
- Migrating to the Cloud:
- Enhanced resource utilization through virtualization
- Cloud management for elasticity: automated, on-demand provisioning of resources
- Evolving the economy of scale through shared infrastructure and applications
- Benefits and Challenges of Cloud Computing for government
2. Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
- IaaS Architecture and Key Features:
- Criteria for selecting an IaaS provider
- Overview of major IaaS providers
- IaaS Examples:
- Microsoft Windows Azure
- Web Roles and Worker Roles
- Scalability, load balancing, failover
- 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
- Monitoring, Auto Scaling, and Load Balancing
- Building scalable and fault-tolerant applications
- The big AWS outage and how to protect yourself
- Management interfaces
- Microsoft Windows Azure
3. Private & Hybrid Cloud
- Private Cloud: Drivers and Challenges
- Defining Requirements for a Private Cloud
- A Methodology for Building a Private Cloud
- Managing the Private Cloud
- Vendors Who Can Assist:
- VMware
- Abiquo
- Amazon Virtual Private Cloud
- Hybrid Clouds:
- Use cases
- Product example: Eucalyptus
- Selecting a Private Cloud Model for government
4. PaaS: Key Concepts & Major Players
- PaaS Defined
- A Complete PaaS Stack:
- Where to draw the line: IaaS+ or pure-PaaS or custom-SaaS?
- Necessary functionality for building cloud applications
- Multi-Tenancy:
- Definition of a multi-tenant system
- Evolving the economy of scale
- Customizing applications for tenants
- Considerations for multi-tenant applications: stability, SLA, legal and regulatory compliance, security, maintenance, third-party components
- Detailed Overview of Major PaaS Providers:
- Microsoft Windows Azure
- Google App Engine
- Force.com
- Outlook: The Future of PaaS for government
5. Synergy of SOA and Cloud Computing
- Services and SOA Defined:
- Service Layer Model and the concept of loose coupling
- SOA + Event Driven Architecture (EDA) = e-SOA
- The importance of REST for the cloud
- Synergy of SOA and Cloud: Industry Perspective
- SOA/SaaS Synergy
- SOA/PaaS Synergy:
- Approaches to meet demand
- Applying SOA principles to the cloud: loose coupling, encapsulation, asynchronous services
- Building multi-tenant applications based on SOA
- Migrating legacy systems into the cloud
- SOA/IaaS Synergy:
- Service-Oriented Infrastructure (SOI)
- Service virtualization vs. server virtualization
- Automated, on-demand resource provisioning
6. Cloud Integration
- The Need for Cloud Integration and Its Challenges
- How SOA Can Help: Focus on Integration:
- From application integration to Service-Oriented Integration (SOI)
- The Need for Mediation:
- Mediation functionality
- Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) Reference Architectures
- Requirements for Cloud Integration:
- From ESB to “Internet Service Bus”
- Product Examples:
- Windows Azure AppFabric
- IBM Cast Iron
- Fiorano
7. Standards and Open Source Software
- Cloud Standards:
- Portability and interoperability: problem statement
- Distributed Management Task Force, Inc. (DMTF):
- Open Virtualization Format (OVF)
- Open Cloud Standards Incubator
- Apache Libcloud
- Open Source Software (OSS):
- OpenStack
8. Securing the Cloud
- The Evolution of Cloud Security:
- From traditional Web applications to SOA to cloud
- Public cloud vs. on-premise datacenter
- Cloud Security as a Multi-Dimensional Problem:
- Dimension 1: IaaS, PaaS, SaaS
- Dimension 2: Network, VM, application, data
- Dimension 3: Cloud Service Provider (CSP), tenant
- Identity, Entitlement & Access Management (IdEA):
- Authentication and 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
9. Governance for Cloud-based Services
- Business vs. IT vs. EA vs. SOA vs. Cloud Governance
- Why SOA Governance Can (Should) Be the Basis 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 to SOA governance
- Delineating responsibilities: cloud provider vs. cloud customer
- Switching cloud providers – the worst case test for your governance
- A Cloud Governance Methodology for government
- Technologies for Implementing Governance
10. Outlook and Conclusions
- Outlook and Usage of Cloud Computing for government
- Hadoop – Gaining Popularity in the Cloud
- Cloud Return on Investment (ROI)
- Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)
Requirements
General understanding of distributed computing and application development concepts for government use.
21 Hours
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