ICTICT428 - Select cloud storage solutions

Unit code: ICTICT428 | Study level: TAFE
Nominal hours
40
Location
Footscray Nicholson
Prerequisites
(Or equivalent to be determined by unit coordinator)
Co-requisites
(Corequisite units must be studied concurrently with this unit)
Overview
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Overview

This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to select cloud storage solutions based on the analysis of organisational requirements. It includes the development of implementation strategies to ensure that the organisation is prepared for the implementation of the selected cloud storage solutions.
This unit applies to individuals who undertake the evaluation of organisational data storage requirements and plan the implementation for the organisation.No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.

Assessment

For Melbourne campuses

Assessment tasks will be designed to reinforce & extend knowledge and skill competence within set & controlled parameters in accordance with each unit’s learning outcomes & performance criteria requirements, including the setting of work based practical application tasks designed to provide evidence of competence outcomes, within periodic and scheduled timelines.

Students will be expected to demonstrate the following required skills:
• Determine the cloud storage needs of an organisation within the scope of own responsibilities including the identification of three cloud storage options through considering the following:

  • data
  • security
  • performance
  • usability
  • and broader organisational benefits and detriments
    • Review service level agreements (SLAs) for the three identified cloud storage options to identify hidden costs, ownership of data, disaster recovery and rights to retrieval, availability and performance, security standards and audit rights, data storage location and dispute mediation processes in the identification of potential cloud service providers
    • Evaluate the performance and usability of the three cloud storage options
    • Develop and document one cloud storage implementation plan for an organisation including the evaluation and selection of cloud storage solutions

Students will also be expected to demonstrate the following knowledge:
• Key requirements of an ICT implementation plan
• Business types that may have cloud storage requirements
• Current trends and directions in information and communications technology (ICT), and the major industry technology standards used in cloud storage options
• Advantages and disadvantages of cloud storage options and providers
• Major themes relating to data and cyber security and their application within the organisational environment
• Current industry hardware and software products and their general features, capabilities and application as relevant to cloud storage options
• Characteristics relating to cloud storage that must be included in service level agreements
• Costs and organisational impacts relevant to a cloud storage strategy
• SLA terms related to service availability and performance

Required reading

The qualified trainer and assessor will provide teaching and learning materials as required in the form of workbooks produced by the Victoria University and/or via the Victoria University e-learning system.

As part of a course

This unit is studied as part of the following course(s):

Certificate IV in Information Technology
ICT40120 | Certificate iv | Duration:

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