Unit1
Unit 1: Introduction To Cloud Computing
8 hrsDefinition of Cloud – Evolution of Cloud Computing Underlying Principles of Parallel and Distributed Computing – Cloud Characteristics – Elasticity in Cloud – On‐ demand Provisioning.
Syllabus
5 units · 40 lecture hoursUnit2
Unit 2: Cloud Enabling Technologies Service Oriented Architecture
8 hrsREST and Systems of Systems Web Services – Publish, Subscribe Model – Basics of Virtualization – Types of Virtualization – Implementation Levels of Virtualization – Virtualization Structures – Tools and Mechanisms – Virtualization of CPU – Memory – I/O Devices –Virtualization Support and Disaster Recovery.
Unit3
Unit 3: Cloud Architecture, Services And Storage
8 hrsLayered Cloud Architecture Design – NIST Cloud Computing Reference Architecture – Public, Private and Hybrid Clouds – laaS – PaaS – SaaS – Architectural Design Challenges – Cloud Storage – Storage‐as‐a‐Service – Advantages of Cloud Storage – Cloud Storage Providers – S3.
Unit4
Unit 4: Resource Management And Security In Cloud
8 hrsInter Cloud Resource Management – Resource Provisioning and Resource Provisioning Methods – Global Exchange of Cloud Resources – Security Overview – Cloud Security Challenges – Software‐as‐a‐Service Security – Security Governance – Virtual Machine Security – IAM – Security Standards.
Unit5
Unit 5: Cloud Technologies And Advancements Hadoop
8 hrsMapReduce – Virtual Box — Google App Engine – Programming Environment for Google App Engine –– Open Stack – Federation in the Cloud – Four Levels of Federation – Federated Services and Applications – Future of Federation.
Course Outcomes (COs)
After completion of the course student will be able to:
- CO1Describe architecture and underlying principles of cloud computing.K3
- CO2Explain need, types and tools of Virtualization for cloud.K2
- CO3Describe Services Oriented Architecture and various types of cloud services.K2
- CO4Explain Inter cloud resources management cloud storage services and their providers Assess security services and standards for cloud computing.K2
- CO5Analyze advanced cloud technologies.K6
Note: The IT syllabus PDF (CE&IT, CSIT, IT 2025-26) prints these course outcomes differently — CO2: level K3, K4; CO3: level K2, K3; CO4: level K2, K4; CO5: level K3, K6.
Note: The AKTU syllabus PDF of some branches prints this subject with small differences in the course outcomes and books (CSE (Cyber Security), CSE (IoT), CS & Design, CS (Hindi), CS & Business Systems, Electrical & Computer, Electronics & Computer). Please also check the official AKTU PDF of your branch, linked at the end of your semester page.
Text books
- Kai Hwang, Geoffrey C. Fox, Jack G. Dongarra, “Distributed and Cloud Computing, From Parallel Processing to the Internet of Things”, Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, 2012.
- Rittinghouse, John W., and James F. Ransome, ―Cloud Computing: Implementation, Management and Security, CRC Press, 2017.
- Rajkumar Buyya, Christian Vecchiola, S. ThamaraiSelvi, ―Mastering Cloud Computing, Tata Mcgraw Hill, 2013.
- Toby Velte, Anthony Velte, Robert Elsenpeter, “Cloud Computing – A Practical Approach, Tata Mcgraw Hill, 2009.
- George Reese, “Cloud Application Architectures: Building Applications and Infrastructure in the Cloud: Transactional Systems for EC2 and Beyond (Theory in Practice), O’Reilly, 2009.
Official AKTU syllabus
This subject is on page 5 of the original AKTU PDF.