Big Data Management on the Cloud
Single subject — no qualification is awarded on completion. Credits toward the qualifications listed below.
This subject is FEE-HELP eligible, so eligible students can defer the $1,192 fee as a government loan and pay nothing upfront.
Fees and funding are indicative only. Confirm your eligibility and final costs with the provider.
About this subject
Companies are acquiring massive amounts of data and providing Internet-based service to millions of people. This is extremely challenging due to the large scale of data involved and the huge number of concurrent requests by users. This subject will cover the current state-of-the-art technologies for analysing huge amounts of data and responding to millions of user requests within one second. Currently the most cost-efficient way of achieving the above aim is to use large-scale cloud-based services offered by vendors such as Amazon, Google, IBM, Microsoft, etc . You will have the opportunity to learn how to use the cloud services provided by Amazon Web Services to meet the big data needs of businesses. The subject will also cover how to program the world’s most popular Big Data analytics framework called Hadoop with a focus on Map Reduce, Hive and Apache Spark. This subject will also cover the following topics: cloud architectures, parallel database systems, key value stores, transaction support in the cloud, virtualization, and multi-tenant database systems.
Big Data Management on the Cloud is a standalone subject at La Trobe University in VIC. Completing it does not award a qualification. Credit may apply toward the qualifications listed on this page.
No qualification credit mapping has been indexed for this subject yet. The provider may still grant credit toward a related award — confirm with La Trobe University before enrolling.
La Trobe University is the awarding provider. Recorded study modes are Online. Typical duration is listed as 12 weeks. The subject is listed at 25 credit points. Eligible students may defer fees through FEE-HELP.
Details on this page are compiled from the provider's published subject information and government registers. Fees, intakes and credit rules can change — confirm current details with La Trobe University before enrolling.
Listing facts
- Type
- Single subject
- National code
- LTU-CSE3BDC
- Field of education
- Management and commerce
- Provider
- La Trobe University
- Credit points
- 25
- Study mode
- Online
- Duration
- 12 weeks
- Qualifications listed
- 0
- FEE-HELP
- Eligible
Prerequisites
Prior study required