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The Cloud
Taxonomy of “The Cloud”
Software as a Service
(SaaS)
: Delivers an application through a web site or app.
Examples: Google Docs, Basecamp, Github, etc.
Differentiated by what the app is
Platform as a Service
(Paas)
: Deploy your apps to the cloud, based on their platform.
Examples: Heroku,
Amazon Elastic Beanstalk
, Google App Engine, Pusher.com
Differentiated by what the platform is, e.g. Node.js, Rails, Go, etc.
Infrastructure as a Service
(IaaS)
: Delivers some part of infrastructure through the cloud. Infrastructure might be CPU, Disk, Queueing service etc.
Examples: Amazon EC2, S3, Google Compute Engine, Linode, etc.
Differentiated by what part(s) of infrastructure are offered.
DIY Clouds
Open Source Project:
Cloud Foundry
DEIS (nothing to do with Brandeis :)
DEIS
Pricing
These services usually have a free tier, but for ‘serious’ use you need to pay
Some examples:
Heroku: free for ‘open source’ (which I think means Public Github Repos)
Pusher: free for up to 20 simultanuous connections. (what is the lifecycle of a connection?)
S3 (AWS Storage Server): 5 GB of Amazon S3 standard storage free (see further details on their site.)
CodeClimate: Free for public repos
Github: Free for public Repos
loader.io: Simulated load to test scalability
Notice that the terms are not settled yet. XaaS sometimes is defined differently
Products: Web vs. Cloud Architecture
Discussion:
Is there a difference? What are some of the tradeoffs?
A lot in common
Accessed using HTTP/REST protocols (typically)
Accessed with a web browser or mobile app (typically)
What does the term “provisioning” mean?
Overview of deployment
Web: means you own, or control, and manage, a complete set of servers for your application
Cloud: means you rent nodes in a cloud (e.g. Amazon Web Services)
What are web services?
Big differences
“Elasticity”
“API control over provisioning”
Welcome
2018 Syllabus
Calendar of Lectures and homeworks
Resources
Lectures
Pilot Project
Welcome!
Lean Startup
Hypotheses
Working on Teams
MVP
Guest Lecture: Michael Skok
Pilot Project Conclusion
Term Project: Startup
Welcome to Term Projects!
Build Measure Learn
Project Planning
The Pivot
The Engine of Growth
Mockups & Prototypes
Testing Techniques
Term Project: Product
Product Market Fit
Jeffrey Beir: Metrics
Business Models
Pricing Models
Andy Payne: Startup Finance
Intellectual Property
Term Project: Business
Finance for Geeks
Founding a company
Real World Survival Kit
Management and Leadership
Dulcie Madden: Startup Teams
Last day converstation
Term Project
Term Project Outline
Minimum Viable Product Info
Hypotheses
Final Presentations
Background
Learning Goals
Grading
Teachers
Lexicon
Interesting links
Credits and acknowledgements