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Learning outcomes
On successful completion of this subject, you should:
be able to compare and evaluate the ability of different cloud computing architectures to
meet a set of given business requirements;
be able to evaluate a set of business requirements to determine suitability for a cloud
computing delivery model;
be able to identify and design an ICT Risk Management strategy for a cloud computing
Pass Requirements
A student must obtain at least 50% in both the examination and the total mark in order to pass this
subject.
To be eligible for the grade AA or AE you must have submitted all assessment items in the subject,
including the final exam. If you choose not to complete an assessment item or do not sit the final exam
then you will not be granted an AA or an AE grade.
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Prescribed Text
The prescribed text for this subject is:
Erl, T., Mahmood, Z., & Puttini, R. (2013). Cloud Computing. Concepts, Technology &
Architecture. Upper Saddle River, NJ.: Pearson Education, Inc.
The textbooks required for each of your enrolled subjects can also be found via the Student Portal
Textbooks (http://student.csu.edu.au/study/study-essentials/textbooks) page.
Subject Content
There are a number of topics in this subject which you will access through Interact. These topics are:
1. Cloud Basics.
2. Cloud Technologies.
3. Cloud Concepts and Models.
4. Cloud Architectures.
5. Security in the Cloud.
6. Risk Management in the Cloud.
7. Management of services in the Cloud.
8. SLAs and their place in the Cloud.
9. Planning your Migration to the Cloud.
10. Governance in the Cloud.
11. Bringing it all together.
Subject Delivery
Class/tutorial times and location
If you are enrolled in an internal offering of this subject, your class times can be found at Timetable @
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timetable will not apply. Find out how to use Timetable @ CSU via the Student Portal Class Timetable
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subject from the very first day, and so I have set the first assessment for this purpose. If you dont
attempt this assessment , I may contact you by phone or email to have a chat about study and if
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Residential school
You are not required to attend a residential school for this subject.
The following is a recommended breakdown of the hours allocated for successful completion of this:
Each week you should spend around 9 - 11 hours studying this subject obviously some
weeks may require more time than other depending on how you work but the following is a
guide for your information.
Supporting readings 3 - 4 hours
Weekly lectures and tutorials - 3 hours
Assignment preparation, including team discussion and writing - 3 hours
Assessment Items
Item number Title Type Value Due date* Return date**
* due date is the last date for assessment items to be received at the University
* applies only to assessment items submitted by the due date
Assessment item 1
Cloud Basics and Technology
Task
Complete the online quiz on Topics 1 and 2 in the Interact Test Centre
Rationale
Be able to compare and evaluate the ability of different Cloud Computing Architectures to
meet a set of given business requirements;
Marking criteria
The Online MCQ Quiz will be marked by the Interact2 test centre system and students will receive
feedback after the due date. Marks will be awarded based on your ability to select the best option from
the available choices to demonstrate your understanding of the different architectures, delivery
systems and basic concepts associatde with Cloud Computing.
Assessment item 2
Concepts and Models
Value: 20%
Due date: 30-Apr-2017
Return date: 22-May-2017
Submission method options
Alternative submission method
Task
SoftArc Engineering Ltd is a civil engineering company which works across Australia as well as in
Indonesia, Timor Leste and Papua New Guinea. The company is considering moving some of its
computer infrastructure into the Cloud. The SoftArc Engineering Board is contemplating this move as
a way to increase the companys flexibility and responsiveness, as well as to achieve some savings on
the cost of maintaining their ICT infrastructure.
SoftArc Engineering has engaged you as a consultant to advise them on the use of Cloud Computing
1. Prepare a PowerPoint briefing for the SoftArc Engineering board. Your briefing should:
a. Explain the main concepts of Cloud Computing and why you think that a move to
the Cloud could be good for SoftArc Engineering;
b. Explain some of the Cloud Architectures that you think would be useful for
SoftArc Engineering to use as part of their Cloud infrastructure.
c. Each slide in the briefing must also include speaking notes in the notes section to
explain the slide, and all images used in the briefing should be referenced. (20 marks)
2. One of SoftArc Engineerings first undertakings is to provide all their civil engineering staff
with the ability to access office automation, such as email, word processing and spreadsheet
capabilities, as well as online storage for their files, whether they are in the office, at home,
or deployed on site in the field. The SoftArc Engineering board is very concerned to learn
about the critical issues, other than cost, that may affect the supply of Cloud based office
automation to their staff. You will need to prepare a report on the best way to provide office
automation for SoftArc Engineering. Your report should:
a. Provide SoftArc Engineering with TWO different approaches to providing office
automation to their civil engineering staff;
b. Outline the major benefits and issues for each approach;
c. Provide a summary of your advice to this company along with your recommendation
about which option to choose. This part of your report should be no longer than 2
pages. (20 marks)
3. SoftArc Engineering has a number of data centres in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane.
These data centres are linked by a fibre based WAN and data is replicated between the data
centres daily. The 3 data centres each run x86 based servers attached to a HPE 3PAR SAN
with 1PB of storage. They also have a series of RHEL 6 servers (Red Hat Enterprise Linux
v6.0) that are used to host Web pages and various Web services. These are located only in
the Sydney data centre. SoftArc Engineering is considering initially moving its Web
infrastructure to an IaaS instance in a public Cloud, but they are unsure of the issues that are
involved with this migration. You are to write a report for the SoftArc Engineering board
that:
a. Describes the difference between locally hosted infrastructure (ie. in an enterprise
data centre) and infrastructure provided using an IaaS provider in a public Cloud.
b. You will need to discuss the critical issues and factors, other than cost, that SoftArc
Engineering will have to consider in choosing to migrate their Web infrastructure to an
IaaS service provider. This part of your report should take no more than two pages. (30
marks)
4. SoftArc Engineering is also considering whether to use PaaS or SaaS to provide services to
its employees. SoftArc Engineering has deployed Microsoft SharePoint 2013 from its data
centre as a collaboration and document management tool for its 250 employees. The
SharePoint 2013 instance has been extensively customised to suit SoftArc Engineerings
needs and also runs Project Central, their Project Management tool as a separate application
from within SharePoint. All employees have the Microsoft Office 2013 suite of office
automation products installed on their respective desktops or laptops. SoftArc Engineering
would like to move its SharePoint 2013 instance to the cloud to make it more accessible,
particularly to its users in remote or overseas locations. SoftArc Engineering want you to
report on:
a. What are the major differences between the models IaaS, PaaS and SaaS? (5 marks)
b. Recommend the model that you consider most appropriate for this service and
discuss why this model is the most appropriate for the SharePoint service. (10 marks)
c. What are the most likely problems that SoftArc Engineering will encounter with the
model that you recommend? How would you advise SoftArc Engineering to deal
with these issues? (15 marks)
d. This part of your report should be no more than 3 pages.
Be able to compare and evaluate the ability of different Cloud Computing Architectures to
meet a set of given business requirements;
Be able to evaluate a set of business requirements to determine suitability for a
Cloud Computing delivery model;
Marking criteria
Presentation
Assessment item 3
Security Management and Migration
Value: 25%
Due date: 21-May-2017
Return date: 13-Jun-2017
Submission method options
Alternative submission method
Task
SoftArc Engineering Ltd is a civil engineering company which works across Australia as well as in
Indonesia, Timor-Leste and Papua New Guinea. The company is considering the following strategic
proposal:
They plan to close down the Brisbane data centre rather than update or replace the older
infrastructure. The existing data and services in that data centre would be moved to the
Sydney data centre, which has the most up to date infrastructure, as well as capacity to
expand.
They plan to move all their Web Services into the Cloud in order to provide an increased
level of HA (High Availability) as well as a better degree of flexibility in supplying data to
their customers and employees.
They also plan to use the Cloud Infrastructure to increase flexibility and availability for some
of the LoB (Line of Business) applications that will continue to run on their own internal
infrastructure. However, they are hoping to take advantage of the Cloud infrastructure to help
manage and balance demand on internal resource use.
The Board of SoftArc Engineering is contemplating this strategy as a way to increase the companys
flexibility and responsiveness, particularly for its remote area and overseas operations. The Board also
expects to achieve significant savings on the cost of maintaining their ICT infrastructure by closing the
oldest existing data centre. This would entail retiring the infrastructure in that data centre rather than
having to update it.
SoftArc Engineering has again approached you to advise them on this strategy. You have already
advised SoftArc Engineering that this strategic approach will mean that they will need to design
and operate a Hybrid Cloud methodology, where part of their data centre is on premise and
another part in a Cloud.
SoftArc Engineering also plan to run a Risk and Security Workshop to assess the risks, security issues
and possible methods of control that will be required with this Hybrid Cloud approach. You will be
required to organise, run and facilitate this workshop.
The Board is also concerned about how this strategy will affect their BCP (Business Continuity Plan)
and their backup and disaster recovery strategies.
Your task is to prepare a report for SoftArc Engineering that discusses the following:
1. Describe which Cloud architectures you would employ to assist SoftArc Engineering meet
the Boards strategy?
a. Describe each of the architectures that you would use, along with your reasons
for deploying it. (10 marks)
b. Describe the benefits and issues that would be the result of your deployment of
these architectures. (10 marks)
2. Describe the risks that you see associated with this new Hybrid Cloud strategy. You should
Rationale
Be able to compare and evaluate the ability of different Cloud Computing Architectures to
meet a set of given business requirements;
Be able to evaluate a set of business requirements to determine suitability for a
Cloud Computing delivery model;
Be able to evaluate and design an ICT Risk Management strategy for a Cloud Computing
Delivery plan to meet business requirements;
Be able to interpret, evaluate and plan the Governance and Security requirements for a Cloud
Computing delivery plan;
Be able to analyse and evaluate business requirements to plan a migration to a Cloud model;
Marking criteria
Marking Criteria
Assessment Rubric
All diagrams and images are to be embedded in the document. Diagrams and images that are
suppliued separately will not be marked.
All text should be left-justified.
Each page must have a header or footer with your name and student number. Page numbers
must be shown in the footer of each page, except on the title page.
Reports are marked and feedback attached using a MS Word based tool. Reports that are submitted in
PDF format will be re-formatted to Word format in order to be marked. Allowances will not be made
for any loss of information, diagrams or images as a result of the re-formatting.
Assessment item 4
Rationale
Be able to compare and evaluate the ability of different Cloud Computing Architectures to
meet a set of given business requirements;
Be able to evaluate a set of business requirements to determine suitability for a
Cloud Computing delivery model;
Be able to evaluate and design an ICT Risk Management strategy for a Cloud Computing
Delivery plan to meet business requirements;
Be able to interpret, evaluate and plan the Governance and Security requirements for a Cloud
Computing delivery plan;
Be able to analyse and evaluate business requirements to plan a migration to a Cloud model;
Requirements
The final examination is worth 50% of the total course grade. It will be of two (2) hours duration
and is a closed book examination. Please note that no electronic dictionaries will be permitted to be
brought into the exam.
It is your responsibility to ensure that you are aware of the requirements for completing the exam and
that you attend the exam site on the correct date and at the correct time. The School of Computing and
Mathematics will not accept misreading the exam time as misadventure.
Marking criteria
1 x 24 page booklet
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an assignment received after midnight of the due date will be penalised 10% for lateness.
This rule will be applied to all students uniformly.
10% deduction per day, including weekends, of the maximum marks allocated for the assessment
task, i.e. 1 day late 10% deduction, or 2 days late 20% deduction.
If an assignment is due on a Friday but is not submitted until the following Tuesday, then the penalty
will be four days (40% deduction or 8 marks in the example above).
Submissions more than 10 days late will be acknowledged as received but will not be marked.
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More time spent discussing the planning the migration of business applications and services
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