INET 4033

About This Course

This course introduces students to concepts, tools, and operations of the common cloud providers. Students will learn about the cloud model by first studying the evolution of private, public, and hybrid data center compute and operations models and how those models eventually led to the cloud operations model we have today. It will emphasize general cloud concepts, tools, architecture, and operations that can be applied to any of the major cloud platforms. Although the course will use examples, tools, and labs from Amazon Web Services (AWS), students will also be introduced to Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and Microsoft Azure. The leveraging of AWS learning tools will prepare students for the follow-up course, INET 4034 – Cloud Architecture and Management. Together, these two courses will provide the fundamental preparation for passing the entry exams for Amazon, Google, or Microsoft cloud certification programs.

Prereq: INET 4031 – Introduction to Systems.

Recommended prerequisites: INET 4032 – Systems I: Enterprise Storage and Protection, and INET 4983W – Systems II: Systems Engineering and Project Management.

Sample textbooks:

  • Terraform: Up and Running (3rd Edition) by Yevgeniy Brikman,: O’Reilly Media
  • AWS Cookbook by John Culkin and Mike Zazon, O’Reilly Media
  • AWS for Non-Engineers by Hiroko Nishimura, Manning

Related Course: Cloud Architecture and Management (INET 4034)

Instructor

Carl Follstad
Carl Follstad

BS, computer science, Mankato State University

Carl Follstad began his IT career writing device drivers for VMS systems, moving to large systems management. In 2001, as senior systems engineer for EMC Corporation, he focused on the storage industry, advising on strategy in enterprise business continuity, data protection, classification of data, and resilient storage subsystem design. Beginning in 2004, he managed the University of Minnesota Data Management Services group, which is responsible for architecture of the centralized system backup and SAN storage. In 2007, he returned to EMC as a pre-sales technical consultant. He now works for Dell Technologies, post EMC acquisition, as an advisory storage architect.

  • INET 2001 – Fundamentals of IT
  • INET 4001 – Foundations of Operating Systems
  • INET 4032 – Systems I: Storage
  • INET 4033 – Cloud Essentials

Information Subject to Change

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