Faculty Development Program on Cloud Computing:

A three day workshop on Cloud Computing was organized on 1st, 2nd and 3rd November 2012,

under the IBM SUR grant. There were 24 participants (12 internal and 12 selected participants

from other colleges)

The inauguration took place in the presence of Dr. Madhuri Khambete, Principal, MKSSS’s Cummins College of Engineering for Women, Dr. Bhooshan Kelkar, Country Manager,IBM India

University Relations, Pune and Mr. Mahesh Paradkar, Development Manager - Cloud Automation

Library at India Software Labs, IBM. It was a very fruitful training program well appreciated by all the participants.

The sessions were conducted by the following IBMers

o Mr. Rahul Nema

o Mr. Aditya Thatte

o Mr. Sachin Jha

o Mr. Shreekants Iyer

Workshop objectives:

Participants should be able to describe-

– The basic principles, terminology and business drivers for what is and why cloud

computing exists.

– Provide an overview of components of Cloud architecture and Key management

concerns in a Cloud architecture

– Lifecycle of a Cloud Service and capabilities needed for service management on the

Cloud and how Smart Cloud Solution provides the capabilities.

– Understand the benefits and challenges of SaaS and what IBM middleware can be used

to build SaaS applications.

– Understand the Cloud Market opportunities and research areas.

Topics covered:

Introduction and Overview

Open Source Cloud – Open Source Offerings

– What would you need to build an open source cloud? – Nova use and deployment – Further Reading Cloud Reference Architecture

– IBM’s involvement in Cloud Computing (Offerings, Research, Development) – Overview of IBM Cloud offerings – Overview of CCRA 2.0 – Features in a cloud (HA, FT, Migration, Snapshotting etc) – Cloud perspective (Consumer-provider PoV)

Deep Dive on SAAS & PAAS – Introduction : SaaS and Cloud Computing – Benefits and challenges of SaaS – Multi-tenancy approaches – SaaS Technical challenges – Conclusion

IBM Cloud Solutions – Smart Cloud Family products – ISDM /TIVSAM – Incentive Plans & Benefits. – Socializing content development.

Cloud Computing: Case Studies – Cloud Deployments – Features – Usage – Benefits

Cloud Research & Careers – Cloud Research and Directions – Cloud Computing Conferences – Cloud Computing Certifications – Careers in Cloud Computing

Cloud Security – Cloud Security – Risks & Challenges – Cloud Security - IBM’s Point of View – Cloud Security - Mitigation Strategy –

Hands On Session on Smart Cloud Provisioning (SCP)