Each section must have once APA a citation and
1.5-page length (Total 6 pages and 4 citations)
1. Given
there are both, public, private, and hybrid clouds in use in today’s
enterprise, Discuss:
a.
Why an
organization would choose a specific medium for their cloud prospects.
b.
Evaluate,
IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, IDaaS and discuss the pros and cons of each in today’s cloud
environments.
c.
How do
these differ from public and private cloud settings?
2. Cloud computing has a litany of
necessary requirements. The business case needs to showcase the necessity for
moving to the cloud as well as an understanding of the cost-benefit analysis.
You should showcase a positive outcome for such a move outlining the overall
inception and systems lifecycle process. As such, discuss the following
questions in order to define what sufficient means and how to interpret a cost-benefit analysis:
a.
What is required for the
business need to be identified and who makes the decision to move forward with
a course of action?
b.
What is a cost/benefit analysis
and how does that factor into the decision to migrate into the cloud?
c.
What sort of risks exist and how
might those be mitigated?
3. Describe
the differences between Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Google Cloud Web
Services. What are the offerings that are available to consumers? Perform a
cost-benefit analysis between the two for small and medium business offerings.
a. Outline the difference between the cost for infrastructure, software, and application platform services.
b. Outline benefits and drawbacks
for selection of one provider or the other.
c. Discuss why you might choose one
over the other.
4. For
many IT professionals, managing device virtualization and cloud deployment is a
daunting task. To facilitate the process, various companies offer an
off-the-shelf-product that offers life cycle solutions for managing private
cloud deployments and optimizing the underlying virtual devices. Given the
current research paradigm, discuss:
a.
How cloud-management
considerations may vary across the life cycle of a cloud-based solution. In
this sample, you will play the role of the subject matter expert (SME) making a
decision for your organizational needs.
b.
Outline the overall modular
process from planning, integration, maintenance, and finally termination.