Network Technology and Cloud Infrastructure Management

Catalog description

This course is designed to introduce students to the technical facets of the information technology and systems field. Students will learn about the contemporary technologies that underlie and support modern-day technology infrastructures. As a corollary, students will be able to weigh how strategic enterprise technical considerations have a bearing on organization competitiveness, vision and strategy. Key technologies covered will include hardware capabilities, data center hosting, virtualization techniques, cloud infrastructures (public, private, hybrid, IaaS, PaaS, SaaS), networking, operating system and software capabilities. Students will be introduced to key emerging trends in the field, along with the ability to analyze technologies for maturity and opportunistic fit. The course will discuss how IT can be aligned as an organizational partner, enabling it to act as a crucible for innovation, and how Information security, resourcing considerations and enterprise architecture relate to all topics.