• Define and describe PaaS and IaaS.
• List the benefits of PaaS and IaaS.
• Describe the potential disadvantages of PaaS and IaaS.

Paper requirements:

• Minimum 900 words (excluding title page, table of contents, and references pages)
• Minimum of 3 references
• Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines

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Course Evaluation

Students will be evaluated on:
1. Exams – Each exam will consist of multiple choice, multiple answer, matching, and True/False questions.

Exam items derived primarily from lectures and readings. Exams will be available through iLearn and
completed independently.

2. Homework Assignments, Discussion, & Quizzes – Assignments, Discussion, & Quizzes will be given
throughout the term. Each quiz will consist of multiple choice/answer, short answer questions,
matching, and True/False questions. Quiz items derived primarily from lectures and readings. Quizzes
will be available through iLearn and completed independently. Assignments and Discussions will come
from the course lectures, materials, and required reading assignments.

3. Practical Connection Assignment – Written Assignment where students will reflect on course concepts
and their practical connection to a working environment.

4. Residency Project – Research project completed during the residency weekend. Students will be
randomly grouped in iLearn. Each group will submit their research project as a group. Students need to
bring their laptops to conduct research, write research paper (SafeAssign reviewed), create PowerPoint
presentation, and present their project orally before the class. Students must attend the residency
weekend to earn a grade, there are no exceptions to this rule. Students not attending will earn zero
points and a 0% as a grade. Please be note that the totality of all residency activities will constitute 60%
of the course grade.

Grading Scale: Graded work will receive a numeric score reflecting the quality of performance as given above in evaluation
methods. The class does not have a weighted grade. The class is out of 1000 points. The overall course grade
will be determined according to the following scale:

Grade Percentage

A 900–1000
B 800–899
C 700–799
F <699

Syllabus Disclaimer:
This syllabus is intended as a set of guidelines for this course and the professor reserves the right to make modifications in content, schedule, and
requirements as necessary to promote the best education possible within conditions affecting this course. Any changes to the syllabus will be
discussed with the students.

Tentative Course Expectations (specific due dates are listed in the course module)
Week Weekly Topic Reading Assignment Due**

#1
10 Points

Introduction to Cloud Computing including
History, Cloud Types, Uses, and Virtualization

Jamsa – Chapter 1
Erl – Section 3.1

Due 01/12/20
Discussion Posting
(Due by Thursday
01/09/20).

#2
15 Points

Software as a Service, Roles and Boundaries,
Cloud Characteristics

Jamsa – Chapter 2
Erl – Sections 4.1 and 4.2

Due 01/19/20
Assignment

#3
15 Points

Platform as a Service, Infrastructure as a Service,
Data Center Technology

Jamsa – Chapters 3 and 4
Erl – Section5.2

Due 01/26/20
Assignment

#4
15 Points

Identity as a Service, Identity and Access
Management, Single Sign On, Cloud Based
Security Groups, Hardened Servers

Jamsa – Chapter 5
Erl – Sections 10.5 – 10.8

Due 02/02/20
Assignment

#5
15 Points

Data Storage in the Cloud, Cloud Storage Device
Mechanisms

Jamsa – Chapter 6
Erl – Section 7.3

Due 02/09/20
Assignment

#6
15 Points

Collaboration in the Cloud Jamsa – Chapter 7 Due 02/16/20
Assignment

5

#7
15 Points

Virtualization Jamsa – Chapter 8
Erl – Section 5.3

Due 02/23/20
Assignment

#8
15 Points

Securing the Cloud Jamsa – Chapter 9
Erl – Sections 6.1 and 6.4

Due 03/01/20
Assignment
(Short Week)

#9
10 Points

Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity and the
Cloud, Service Oriented Architecture

Jamsa – Chapters 10 – 11 Due 03/08/20
Assignment

#10
600 Points
03/13-
03/15/2020

Residency Weekend
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None Practical Connection
Assignment, Research
Project, Presentation

#11
15 Points

Managing the Cloud, Migrating to the Cloud, SLA
Guidelines

Jamsa – Chapters 12 – 13
Erl – Section 16.3

Due 03/22/20
Assignment

#12
15 Points

Mobile Computing, Multi-Device Broker Jamsa – Chapter 14
ERL – Section 8.9

Due 03/29/20
Assignment

#13
15 Points

Governing the Cloud, Risks and Challenges Jamsa – Chapter 15
Erl – Section 3.4

Due 04/05/20
Assignment

#14
15 Points

Evaluating the Cloud’s Business Impact and
Economics, Designing Cloud-Based Solutions,
Coding Cloud Based applications

Jamsa – Chapters 16 – 18 Due 04/12/20
Assignment

#15
15 Points

Application Scalability, The Future of Cloud
Computing

Jamsa – Chapters 19 – 20 Due 04/19/20
Assignment

#16
200 Points

Portfolio Project

For this project, select an organization that has
leveraged Cloud Computing technologies in an
attempt to improve profitability or to give them a
competitive advantage. Research the
organization to understand the challenges that
they faced and how they intended to use Cloud
Computing to overcome their challenges. The
paper should include the following sections each
called out with a header.

 Company Overview: The section should
include the company name, the industry
they are in and a general overview of the
organization.

 Challenges: Discuss the challenges the
organization had that limited their
profitability and/or competitiveness and
how they planned to leverage Cloud
Computing to overcome their challenges.

 Solution: Describe the organization’s
Cloud Computing implementation and
the benefits they realized from the
implementation. What was the result of
implementing Cloud Computing? Did
they meet their objectives for fall short?

 Conclusion: Summarize the most
important ideas from the paper and also

Research Due 04/21/2020
(Short Week)

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make recommendations or how they
might have achieved even greater
success.

The paper must adhere to APA guidelines
including Title and Reference pages. There should
be at least three scholarly sources listed on the
reference page. Each source should be cited in
the body of the paper to give credit where due.
Per APA, the paper should use a 12-point Time
New Roman font, should be double spaced
throughout, and the first sentence of each
paragraph should be indented .5 inches. The
body of the paper should be 3 – 5 pages in length.
The Title and Reference pages do not count
towards the page count requirements.