CSYS 6674 - Introduction to Cloud Computing

Prerequisite: CSCI 6642 or CSCI 3347. This course starts with cloud services and platforms (based on Amazon, Google, and Microsoft; the most common public cloud providers), and cloud-enabling technologies, as well as data center architecture. Private cloud development will be performed by building one of the cloud structures on two cloud environments: Microsoft System Center and Ubuntu OpenStack, providing services on a private cloud. Big data will also be investigated from a data base perspective and using a cloud development platform to handle big data analytics. 3 credits.