Is it time for cloud computing ?

Session 3 – IS IT TIME FOR CLOUD COMPUTING?

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Discussion Questions:

1. What business benefits do cloud computing services provide? What problems do they solve? What are the disadvantages of cloud computing? Provide examples from the case.

1. Discuss how cloud computing services can be solutions to business challenges. Use the MOT diagram.

Cloud computing services enable businesses and employees to access IT applications and infrastructure anywhere, anytime and on any device. It can therefore be a solution to real challenges.

MOT Analysis :

MANAGEMENT :

- Affordable and Reasonable Options: Especially for Star--up, it offers huge and efficient storage of good quality for an affordable starting price (no need to invest a lot at first).

- Adapt to business needs: don't pay a monthly fee, but companies pay exactly what they use, which represents a significant cost reduction for the organization.

ORGANIZATION :

- The services can be used together or separately (data management, messaging, payment...): The different departments of the company therefore have access to the same resources.

- Public and private cloud: By using the public cloud, a company can publish information accessible in these public clouds so that customers receive the results of their queries more quickly on the site.

TECHNOLOGY :

- Availability of the service: all you need is an internet connection and a start-up capital to use it for large companies like Amazon & Ease of use (help,interface..)

- Security: cloud networks are very reliable, often more than private operated networks, but they require key access and high trust within the company.

1. Explain how organizations can make decisions to go cloud by applying the concepts of capacity planning, scalability, and TCO. Applying these concepts to AWS and to clients of its services.

*TCO (Total Cost of Ownership) – The original cost of acquiring and installing hardware and software, as well as ongoing administration costs for hardware and software upgrades, maintenance, technical support, training, and even utility and real estate costs for running and housing the technology.

*Scalability – An ability of a computer, product, or system to expand to serve a large number of users without breaking down.

*Capacity planning (IT) – A process through which the procurement of IT resources, infrastructure and services are planned over a specific period of time. It is to predict and forecast the future requirements of an enterprise IT environment and its associated essential entities/services/components.

Organizations may decide to move to the cloud using a number of features, including scalability. A wise investment decision requires scalability, the ability to grow, with the goal of serving a greater number of users.

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