Certificate on Cloud Architecture/Design

CEOs ask: If the cloud enables agility and low Capital Expenditure (CapEx), why aren’t we in the cloud already?”. This course equips you with the tools of a structured Cloud Assessment to you can understand the interdependencies and create a roadmap.

This module helps you understand application requirements – CPU, storage and network requirements, end user expectations of responsiveness, performance and latency. It provides a general framework on assessing application performance needs – scaling up versus scaling out. While addressing business requirements of Return on Investment (RoI), Total cost of ownership (TCO) and Key Performance Indicators (KPI).

As a case study, you will assess business readiness for migration to the cloud while understanding what it takes to meet the continuity needs of the business as well as planning for recovery from a disaster and managing the process while minimizing business down time. Other key issues you will learn to address are security, vendor lock-in and cost analysis.

We examine the case of Netflix and its migration to the cloud

Team Project

Groups within the class take up the case of Fortune 100 firms and using public domain information, come up with a cloud assessment. The groups then deliver a presentation targeted to the client’s C-level executives and Project Managers.