28.09.2024

On 28th September 2024, Annamacharya University hosted an expert talk on the “Essence of Clouds” by T. Maheedhar, from Tech Mahindra, Hyderabad, organized by the Department of Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning. The session covered various key aspects of cloud computing, including public, private, and hybrid cloud models. Public cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, and Oracle were discussed, along with cloud services such as Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), and Software as a Service (SaaS).

The talk also delved into AWS fundamentals, highlighting concepts like data centers, availability zones, regions, and the importance of high availability and disaster recovery. Attendees gained insights into AWS services like EC2, VPC, S3, RDS, and IAM. Additionally, containerization and DevOps practices were introduced, with a focus on source code management tools such as Git and GitLab, packaging tools like Maven and Ant, and CI/CD tools like Jenkins and AWS CICD.

The session concluded with an overview of infrastructure management and creation tools, emphasizing the evolving landscape of cloud technologies.