BOE082

Cloud Computing

L-T-P3-0-0 Credits3 Session2025-26 TypeTheory
Appears in 36 semesters · 36 branches

B.Tech Civil Engineering · Sem 8 (Open Elective-III) · B.Tech Mechanical Engineering · Sem 8 (Open Elective-III) · B.Tech Computer Science & Engineering · Sem 8 (Open Elective-III) · B.Tech Information Technology · Sem 8 (Open Elective-III) · B.Tech Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning · Sem 8 (Open Elective-III) · B.Tech Artificial Intelligence & Data Science · Sem 8 (Open Elective-III) · B.Tech CSE (Artificial Intelligence) · Sem 8 (Open Elective-III) · B.Tech CSE (AI & ML) · Sem 8 (Open Elective-III) · B.Tech CSE (Data Science) · Sem 8 (Open Elective-III) · B.Tech CSE (Cyber Security) · Sem 8 (Open Elective-III) · B.Tech CSE (Internet of Things) · Sem 8 (Open Elective-III) · B.Tech Computer Science & Design · Sem 8 (Open Elective-III) · B.Tech Computer Science (Hindi) · Sem 8 (Open Elective-III) · B.Tech Computer Science & Business Systems · Sem 8 (Open Elective-III) · B.Tech Electrical Engineering · Sem 8 (Open Elective-III) · B.Tech Electrical & Electronics Engineering · Sem 8 (Open Elective-III) · B.Tech Electrical & Computer Engineering · Sem 8 (Open Elective-III) · B.Tech Electronics & Communication Engineering · Sem 8 (Open Elective-III) · B.Tech Electronics & Instrumentation / Instrumentation & Control · Sem 8 (Open Elective-III) · B.Tech Electronics & Computer Engineering · Sem 8 (Open Elective-III) · B.Tech ECE (Advanced Communication Technology) · Sem 8 (Open Elective-III) · B.Tech Electronics Engineering (VLSI Design & Technology) · Sem 8 (Open Elective-III) · B.Tech Automobile Engineering · Sem 8 (Open Elective-III) · B.Tech Aeronautical Engineering · Sem 8 (Open Elective-III) · B.Tech Mechanical & Industrial Engineering · Sem 8 (Open Elective-III) · B.Tech Production & Industrial Production Engineering · Sem 8 (Open Elective-III) · B.Tech Manufacturing Technology · Sem 8 (Open Elective-III) · B.Tech Mining Engineering · Sem 8 (Open Elective-III) · B.Tech Chemical Engineering · Sem 8 (Open Elective-III) · B.Tech Plastic Engineering · Sem 8 (Open Elective-III) · B.Tech Food Technology · Sem 8 (Open Elective-III) · B.Tech Textile Technology · Sem 8 (Open Elective-III) · B.Tech Handloom & Textile Technology · Sem 8 (Open Elective-III) · B.Tech Carpet & Textile Technology · Sem 8 (Open Elective-III) · B.Tech Biotechnology · Sem 8 (Open Elective-III) · B.Tech Agricultural Engineering · Sem 8 (Open Elective-III)

Syllabus

5 units · 40 lecture hours
Unit1

Unit 1: Introduction

8 hrs

Cloud Computing – Definition of Cloud Evolution of Cloud Computing – Underlying Principles of Parallel and Distributed, History of Cloud Computing - Cloud Architecture - Types of Clouds - Business models around Clouds – Major Players in Cloud Computing- issues in Clouds - Eucalyptus - Nimbus - Open Nebula, CloudSim.

Unit2

Unit 2: Cloud Services

8 hrs

Types of Cloud services: Software as a ServicePlatform as a Service –Infrastructure as a Service - Database as a Service - Monitoring as a Service –Communication as services. Service providers- Google, Amazon, Microsoft Azure, IBM, Sales force.

Unit3

Unit 3

8 hrs

Collaborating Using Cloud Services: Email Communication over the Cloud - CRM Management – Project Management-Event Management - Task Management – Calendar - Schedules - Word Processing – Presentation – Spreadsheet - Databases – Desktop - Social Networks and Groupware.

Unit4

Unit 4: Virtualization for Cloud

8 hrs

Need for Virtualization – Pros and cons of Virtualization – Types of Virtualization – System VM, Process VM, Virtual Machine monitor – Virtual machine properties - Interpretation and binary translation, HLL VM - supervisors – Xen, KVM, VMware, Virtual Box, Hyper-V.

Unit5

Unit 5: Security, Standards and Applications

8 hrs

Security in Clouds: Cloud security challenges – Software as a Service Security, Common Standards: The Open Cloud Consortium – The Distributed management Task Force – Standards for application Developers – Standards for Messaging – Standards for Security, End user access to cloud computing, Mobile Internet devices and the cloud. Hadoop – MapReduce – Virtual Box — Google App Engine – Programming Environment for Google App Engine

Text Books

  1. David E.Y. Sarna, “Implementing and Developing Cloud Application”, CRC press 2011.
  2. Lee Badger, Tim Grance, Robert Patt-Corner, Jeff Voas, NIST, Draft cloud computing synopsis and recommendation, May 2011.
  3. Anthony T Velte, Toby J Velte, Robert Elsenpeter, “Cloud Computing: A Practical Approach”, McGrawHill 2010.
  4. Haley Beard, “Best Practices for Managing and Measuring Processes for On-demand Computing, Applications and Data Centers in the Cloud with SLAs”, Emereo Pty Limited, July 2008.

Official AKTU syllabus

This subject is on page 6, 7 of the original AKTU PDF.

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