Introduces students to a set of techniques, tools, and applications to help clients extract and harvest information from massive data (e.g., social media sites, e-commerce websites) through a cloud platform adopted by a business. Also introduces techniques to help clients migrate historical data to cloud systems, as new cloud systems provide contemporary analytics solutions. Offers students an opportunity to gain the technical strength to assist data analytics process and business intelligence in the context of a cloud computing platform. Cloud analytics is an emerging topic that helps establish a cloud computing service mode, aiming to assist and facilitate data analytics process through a public or private cloud.