Cloud Infrastructure and Enterprise Services

Upon completion of the module, the student will understand the transition from a traditional enterprise in-house environment to a Cloud-based enterprise environment. This involves an examination of concepts such as virtualization at each layer – compute, storage, network, desktop, and application – along with business continuity in a Cloud environment. The student will understand Cloud computing fundamentals, infrastructure components, service management activities, security concerns, and considerations for Cloud adoption.

 

Current developments with respect to IS technologies and their impact on business models will also be examined; the student will have a knowledge of significant new technology approaches.