CIS 400 Cloud Computing
The course focuses on the technology of the cloud. The topics include an overview of social and legal impacts of cloud computing, database and information management aspects of the cloud, architecture of today's cloud computing client systems. In addition, the evolution of the Internet to support the cloud, the architecture of modern cloud data centers, and the technologies used within them is discussed. By the end of the course, the students develop a solid knowledge of the underlying theory, the current set of research and engineering challenges, and newest trends in the field. Prerequisite: None.