Cloud Platforms

Course aim

To provide a detailed overview of cloud concepts, AWS core services, security, architecture, pricing and support, and how these can be used by an organisation to support their IT infrastructure.

Course content

Topics covered in this course include: overview of cloud concepts, cloud models IaaS, PaaS, SaaS; introduction to AWS, AWS Global Infrastructure; Cloud Security: Identity and Access Management (IAM), Security Policy; Networking: Virtual private clouds (VPC) vs public clouds; architectural principles of cloud computing; Core Cloud Services: EC2, Lambda, S3; and other cloud service offerings from Azure and Google Cloud.

Textbook(s)

Nil

Prerequisite(s)

Nil

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Continuous assessment, Report

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.