UNIT–I

Cloud Computing Overview – Services of Internet, Origins of Cloud computing – Cloud components – Essential characteristics – On-demand self-service, The vision of cloud computing – Characteristics, benefits, and Challenges ahead 

UNIT–II

Cloud Computing Architecture - Introduction – Internet as a Platform, The cloud reference model - Types of clouds - Economics of the cloud, Computing platforms and technologies, Cloud computing economics, Cloud infrastructure - Economics of private clouds - Software productivity in the cloud - Economies of scale: public vs. private clouds.

UNIT–III

Principles of Parallel and Distributed Computing: Parallel vs. distributed computing - Elements of parallel computing - Hardware architectures for parallel processing, Approaches to parallel programming - Laws of caution.

UNIT–IV

Virtualization: Introduction - Characteristics of virtualized environments - Taxonomy of virtualization techniques - Virtualization and cloud computing - Pros and cons of virtualization - Technology example: VMware: full virtualization, Types of hardware virtualization: Full virtualization - partial virtualization - para virtualization