This seminar will discuss in detail the key Cloud characteristics and capabilities, differentiating between Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Software as a Service (SaaS), and Platform as a Service (PaaS), including a Cloud reference architecture that covers all three types of Cloud.  

Many companies want tighter control and are starting to build private Clouds. We will show what the requirements are, how to approach it, and who the vendors are that can help. We will also look at the hybrid Cloud, where critical Business systems run in a private Cloud, and peak capacity requirements of some applications are handled by public Clouds.

The seminar continues with an in-depth description of PaaS and explain the synergy between Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) and Cloud Computing. We will also address the major new challenges in security and how to extend existing governance models to the Cloud, so that Cloud deployment can be managed before it spins out of control. Another challenge we will look at is the integration of applications within the Cloud, across Clouds, and with on-premise systems. This discussion also includes the (few) standards that can be useful today to mitigate vendor lock-in, as well as the capabilities and restrictions of Open Source solutions.

Complete Seminar Outline

• Introduction to Cloud Computing
• Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
• The Private Cloud
• Platform as a Service (PaaS): Key Concepts & Major Players
• Synergy of SOA and Cloud Computing
• Cloud Integration
• Cloud Standards and Open Source Software
• Securing the Cloud
• Governance for Cloud-based Services
• Outlook and Conclusions