Enterprise and Cloud Computing PG (11510.1)

Please note these are the 2025 details for this unit
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Enterprise and Cloud Computing PG
Available teaching periods Delivery mode Location
View teaching periods On-Campus
 Bruce, Canberra
EFTSL Credit points Faculty
0.125 3 Faculty Of Science And Technology
Discipline Study level HECS Bands
Academic Program Area - Technology Post Graduate Level Band 2 2021 (Commenced After 1 Jan 2021)
Band 3 2021 (Commenced Before 1 Jan 2021)
Enterprise and Cloud Computing introduces cloud computing concepts from an industry-centric and vendor-neutral point of view. Service delivery models, enabling technologies and mechanisms, cloud architectures, cloud security, privacy issues, virtualisation, quality, metrics, multimedia cloud, case studies, and current technologies for working with clouds will be studied. Non-technical aspects, such as service-level agreements (SLAs), community vs proprietary models, and principles of cloud management will also be studied.

Students will have hands-on experience using computing, networking, storage, and database services provided by some of the top cloud providers worldwide, as well as hands-on experience with the deployment and management of cloud services.

This unit is co-taught with the undergraduate version of the unit, 9281 Enterprise and Cloud Computing.

Learning outcomes

After successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:
1. Describe the main concepts of Cloud Computing and applications;
2. Explain service deliverable models, enabling technologies and mechanisms, security and privacy issues, quality and metrics;
3. Apply current technologies for working with clouds;
4. Assess the challenges faced by cloud deployments, and how they can be addressed;
5. Evaluate cloud solutions and vendor offerings;
6. Comprehend technical capabilities and business benefits of virtualization and cloud computing; and
7. Develop high quality cloud-based solutions for professional software systems.


Graduate attributes

1. UC graduates are professional - communicate effectively
1. UC graduates are professional - display initiative and drive, and use their organisation skills to plan and manage their workload
1. UC graduates are professional - employ up-to-date and relevant knowledge and skills
1. UC graduates are professional - take pride in their professional and personal integrity
1. UC graduates are professional - use creativity, critical thinking, analysis and research skills to solve theoretical and real-world problems
1. UC graduates are professional - work collaboratively as part of a team, negotiate, and resolve conflict
2. UC graduates are global citizens - make creative use of technology in their learning and professional lives
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - adapt to complexity, ambiguity and change by being flexible and keen to engage with new ideas
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - evaluate and adopt new technology
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - reflect on their own practice, updating and adapting their knowledge and skills for continual professional and academic development


Skills development

The graduate attributes of this unit address communication, analysis and inquiry, problem solving, working independently and with others, professionalism and social responsibility.



Prerequisites

10088 Introduction to Network Engineering G
OR
This unit is only available to students enrolled in 846AA Master of Information Technology or 354JA Master of Engineering


Corequisites

None.

Incompatible units

9281 Enterprise and Cloud Computing

Equivalent units

None.

Assumed knowledge

None.
Availability for enrolment in 2025 is subject to change and may not be confirmed until closer to the teaching start date.
Year Location Teaching period Teaching start date Delivery mode Unit convener
2024 Bruce, Canberra Semester 1 05 February 2024 On-Campus Mr Ibrahim Elgendi
2025 Bruce, Canberra Semester 1 03 February 2025 On-Campus Mr Ibrahim Elgendi
The information provided should be used as a guide only. Timetables may not be finalised until week 2 of the teaching period and are subject to change. Search for the unit timetable.

Required texts

  • Bhowmik, Sandeep, (2017) Cloud Computing (Cambridge University Press).
  • Dan C. Marinescu, (2018)  Cloud Computing, Theory and Practice (Elsevier), 2nd edition.
  • Thomas Erl. (2013) Cloud Computing: Concepts, Technology & Architecture (The Prentice Hall Service Technology Series by Thomas Erl), Prentice Hall, 1st edition.

Further reading materials will be provided during the semester.

Please consult the unit website for further information on texts/reading recommendations.

Submission of assessment items

Extensions & Late submissions

Approval of extenuating circumstances for late submission of assignments will be dependent upon the production of supporting documentation and at the discretion of the unit convener.

Unless supported by Inclusion & Welfare, extensions will not be granted for quizzes. A medical certificate will only be considered for quizzes if: a) it covers the entire period the quiz was open; and b) if the extension request happens before the answers to the quizzes have been published. Please consult the unit website to see the dates when the answers will be published.

No other forms of submission other than the indicated in each assessment item will be accepted. Submissions via email will be ignored. If a student chooses to submit his/her assignment via the Internet off the campus, it is the student's responsibility to guarantee the accessibility of the Internet. Not being able to access to the Internet at a location which is off campus is not an excuse for extension. 

Students will be asked to confirm the following online declaration at the point of submission.  I certify that:

1. The attached assignment is my own work and no part of this work has been written for me by any other person except where such collaboration has been authorised by the lecturer/s concerned;

2. Material drawn from other sources has been fully acknowledged as to author/creator, source and other bibliographic details according to unit-specific requirements for referencing; and

3. No part of this work has been submitted for assessment in any other unit in this or another Faculty except where authorised by the lecturer/s concerned. 

Special assessment requirements

OVERALL MARK & REQUIREMENTS TO PASS THE UNIT

Each assessment item will be given a grade and an associated percentage mark. The marks will be totalled to produce an overall coursework mark.

The Overall Mark will be calculated as follows:

Overall Mark =

AWS Participation/Tutorial (10%) +

Mid-term Assessment (25%) +

Quizzes (15%) + 

Final Exam (Take-Home Assignment) (50%)

Conditions to PASS the unit:

1. Students need to obtain at least 50% in the Overall Mark, calculated as described above;

AND 

2. Students need to satisfy one of the following conditions:

a. Students need to obtain at least 50% in the Final Exam (Take-Home Assignment) mark;

OR

b. Students need to obtain at least 40% in the Final Exam (Take-Home Assignment) mark AND at least 50% in all the other assessment items combined.

Satisfying only conditions 1 or 2 will not be enough to pass the unit.

Once a student has met the conditions for a Pass, higher grades will be awarded on the basis of the highest category shown below, in which your marks fit.

85 <= Final mark <= 100

Final grade = HD

75 <= Final mark < 85

Final grade = DI

65 <= Final mark < 75

Final grade = CR

50 <= Final mark < 65

Final grade = P

0 <= Final mark < 50

Final grade = FAIL (NX, NS, NC or NN)

The unit convener reserves the right to question students orally on any of their submitted work.

Academic integrity

Students have a responsibility to uphold University standards on ethical scholarship. Good scholarship involves building on the work of others and use of others' work must be acknowledged with proper attribution made. Cheating, plagiarism, and falsification of data are dishonest practices that contravene academic values. Refer to the University's Student Charter for more information.

To enhance understanding of academic integrity, all students are expected to complete the Academic Integrity Module (AIM) at least once during their course of study. You can access this module within UCLearn (Canvas) through the 'Academic Integrity and Avoiding Plagiarism' link in the Study Help site.

Use of Text-Matching Software

The University of Canberra uses text-matching software to help students and staff reduce plagiarism and improve understanding of academic integrity. The software matches submitted text in student assignments against material from various sources: the internet, published books and journals, and previously submitted student texts.

Learner engagement

Activities

Estimated hours

Weekly lectures: 2 hours/week, 12 times

24

Weekly tutorial classes ( 1 hour) and online engagement: 2 hours/week, 11 times

22

Weekly study commitment: 3 hours/week, 12 times

36

Final Assignment: 38 hours

38

Assessment preparation and assessment: 30 hours

30

Total

150

Participation requirements

Your participation in both class and online activities will enhance your understanding of the unit content and therefore the quality of your assessment responses. Lack of participation may result in your inability to satisfactorily pass assessment items.

Your attendance and participation in tutorials and labs is mandatory and will be marked.

Required IT skills

IT skills commensurate with advanced study of information technology are assumed.

Work placement, internships or practicums

None

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