In the past, computing tasks such as word processing were not possible without the installation of application software on a user's computer. A user bought a license for each application from a software vendor and obtained the right to install the application on one computer system. Cloud computing differs from the classic client-server model by providing applications from a server that are executed and managed by a client's web browser, with no installed client version of an application required. Centralization gives cloud service providers complete control over the versions of the browser-based applications provided to clients, which removes the need for version upgrades or license management on individual client computing devices.

Topics to be covered in CLOUD COMPUTING Workshop

Day 1 - Bird's eye view of the cloud

1. Introduction to the cloud

• What is a cloud?
• Where did the cloud come from? History, evolution, etc.
• What a cloud is not: Grid, parallel computing, VM, etc.
• Characteristics of cloud computing

2. What makes a cloud?

• Storage Virtualization
• Application virtualization
• Server virtualization
• Network virtualization

 3. Hands-on demonstration of cloud computing

• Creating an account on the cloud
• Starting a server instance
• Allocating storage and other resources
• Deploying an application

4. Cloud Computing Service Models

• Infrastructure as a Service (IAAS)
• Platform as a Service (PAAS)
• Software as a Service (SAAS)

5. Cloud Computing deployment models

• Public Cloud
• Private Cloud
• Community Cloud
• Hybrid Cloud

6. Advantages of cloud computing

• Cost model change (Capex to Opex only)
• Reduction in cost of ownership (TCO)
• On-demand scalability
• Reliability
• Shorter Time to Market
• Ease of Use
• Reduction in operation overheads

7.Challenges of cloud computing

• Security
• Data privacy
• Performance
• Availability

 DAY 2 - Deep dive into the cloud(s)

8. Cloud providers and their offerings

• Amazon
• Microsoft
• Google
• Salesforce.com

 8. Amazon Web Services

• Services offered by Amazon
• Hands-on Amazon
• EC2 - Configuring a server, Launching an instance
• S3- Allocating storage buckets,
• Creating groups, objects and bucket policies

 9. Microsoft Windows Azure

• Microsoft Windows Azure architecture
• Services offered by Microsoft Azure
• Hands-on on Azure
• Creating and deploying an application on Azure
• Migrating an existing application to Azure
• Migrating the application's data to SQL Azure

 10.Introduction to Force.com from Sales force

• Infrastructure as a service
• Database as a service
• Integration as a service
• Logic as a service
• UI as a service
• Development as a service

Administering the Cloud

1. Server Provisioning

• Capacity planning
• How to provision servers in cloud
• What type of server do I need?
• Best practices

2.Providing Security

• VPC (Virtual Private Cloud)
• How to ensure security within cloud
• Firewall and security groups

3. Backup/Recovery of data

• Backups
• Backup strategy
• Where to save backup
• Restore operations

4. High Availability - HA

• How to ensure availability
• Provisioning across zones (Physical data-centers for availability)
• Elastic IPs for high availability

5. Server monitoring and Performance monitoring

•  Monitoring needed in the cloud
• Monitoring tools availability
• Performance monitoring
• Tweaks to improve performance and availability

Duration: The duration of this workshop will be two consecutive days, with eight hour session each day in a total of sixteen hours properly divided into theory and hands on sessions.