IS458

Undergraduate

Cloud computing gain fast development within the past 15 years and continue penetrating to many aspects of our daily lives. It provides strong and reliable support for all kinds of information systems in various industries. It also greatly reduces the go-to-market time for high-tech start-up companies. Although many people are using cloud in their daily work, but few of them have structural understanding on how cloud functions. With more and more fancy features incorporated in Cloud, it seems difficult for beginners to understand their relations and apply them to real world problems.

This course provides an introduction to the fundamental concept and basic structure of cloud computing. The topics covered include basic cloud concept, typical business and technical requirements on cloud infrastructure, basic building blocks for an cloud solution, and how to manage reliability and incident using cloud tools. All topics are designed based on actual commercial usage pattern to support real business requirements. Computing theory and mathematical analysis are included at a minimally needed level. Exercising and integration of knowledge learnt will be covered through assignments, labs, and a demonstrative project for real world problems.

After this course, students are expected to gain a structural concept of how cloud operates and how to manipulate cloud resources to support information system and business needs. The principles and techniques learnt in this course will help students understand the common core structure of various commercial cloud platforms and how to go deeper to a specific function. With this foundation, students can easily build up their knowledge of a chosen commercial cloud on a systematic way using online resources.

Enterprise Architecture, Infrastructure Design, Solution Architecture, System Integration, Infrastructure Support

Critical thinking & problem solving, Collaboration and leadership, Self-directed learning, Resilience