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Cloud Computing (KML051) AKTU syllabus – unit-wise topics

The complete Cloud Computing syllabus for AKTU, unit by unit. Next to each topic you can see how often it has appeared in past papers, so you know where the marks are.

Unit 1: Introduction to Cloud Computing

  • Definition of Cloud – asked 1 times
  • Evolution of Cloud Computing
  • Underlying Principles of Parallel and Distributed Computing – asked 3 times
  • Cloud Characteristics – asked 1 times
  • Elasticity in Cloud – asked 2 times
  • On-demand Provisioning – asked 3 times

Unit 2: Cloud Enabling Technologies and Service Oriented Architecture

  • Service Oriented Architecture – asked 2 times
  • REST – asked 2 times
  • Systems of Systems – asked 1 times
  • Web Services
  • Publish, Subscribe Model
  • Basics of Virtualization – asked 2 times
  • Types of Virtualization – asked 2 times
  • Implementation Levels of Virtualization
  • Virtualization Structures – asked 1 times
  • Virtualization Tools and Mechanisms – asked 3 times
  • Virtualization of CPU – asked 1 times
  • Virtualization of Memory
  • Virtualization of I/O Devices
  • Virtualization Support and Disaster Recovery – asked 1 times

Unit 3: Cloud Architecture, Services and Storage

  • Layered Cloud Architecture Design – asked 1 times
  • NIST Cloud Computing Reference Architecture – asked 2 times
  • Public, Private and Hybrid Clouds – asked 3 times
  • IaaS
  • PaaS – asked 1 times
  • SaaS
  • Architectural Design Challenges
  • Cloud Storage
  • Storage-as-a-Service
  • Advantages of Cloud Storage – asked 1 times
  • Cloud Storage Providers
  • S3 – asked 1 times

Unit 4: Resource Management and Security in Cloud

  • Inter Cloud Resource Management – asked 1 times
  • Resource Provisioning
  • Resource Provisioning Methods – asked 1 times
  • Global Exchange of Cloud Resources
  • Security Overview – asked 1 times
  • Cloud Security Challenges – asked 2 times
  • Software-as-a-Service Security – asked 1 times
  • Security Governance
  • Virtual Machine Security
  • IAM – asked 3 times
  • Security Standards – asked 1 times

Unit 5: Cloud Technologies and Advancements

  • Hadoop – asked 3 times
  • MapReduce – asked 1 times
  • Virtual Box – asked 2 times
  • Google App Engine – asked 1 times
  • Programming Environment for Google App Engine – asked 1 times
  • Open Stack – asked 2 times
  • Federation in the Cloud
  • Four Levels of Federation
  • Federated Services and Applications
  • Future of Federation