Assignment week 5 (Subject: Mobile and Cloud Computing)
Over the next 10 weeks you will use what you learn throughout the course to write a project plan for your company.
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Paper requirements
- You must include a title page and reference page which do NOT count towards the final page count
- You must cite at least 10 sources
- You cannot use Wikipedia, techopedia, or any other site that can be edited by the general public
- Acceptable sources
- Your textbook
- Any academic journal or peer reviewed paper
- Any commercial or government site (AWS, Google, Microsoft, Verizon, etc.)
- The minimum page count for part 1 is 5 pages. Remember, this does not include the title page or reference page.
- The minimum page count for part 2 is 5 pages. The total document should be at least 10 pages.
Assignment Part 1
Total points possible = 20
Your paper should have the following information:
Title Page (1 point possible)
Company Information
(4 points possible)
- The name of the company (can be real of made up). The company should remain the same for part 1 and 2.
- The size of the company
- A brief description of the work the company does
- The current network architecture and location(s) of the company
Business Driver
(3 points possible)
- Why are you proposing the business adopt cloud computing?
- What deployment model are you proposing and why? (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, etc.). Note – you can have multiple models based on your business type.
- What is the main benefit of this business model?
Provider, Capacity, and Cost
(11 points possible)
- What cloud provider do you propose using (example: AWS, Google, Microsoft Azure, etc.)
- Identify why you selected this company.
- What is the estimated size and resource requirement needed?
- Identify how you determined this.
- What is the cost?
- Break down the costs (i.e. software, resources, accounts, etc.)
- Will the cloud be public, private, community, or hybrid?
- Describe what this means and why you selected this model.
- What is the future state of the IT infrastructure?
- Do you plan on growing the business?
- Will you need more space? Why?
Reference page (1 point possible)
Assignment week 10 (Subject: Mobile and Cloud Computing)
Over the next 10 weeks you will use what you learn throughout the course to write a project plan for your company.
Paper requirements
- You must include a title page and reference page which do NOT count towards the final page count
- You must cite at least 10 sources
- You cannot use Wikipedia, techopedia, or any other site that can be edited by the general public
- Acceptable sources
- Your textbook
- Any academic journal or peer reviewed paper
- Any commercial or government site (AWS, Google, Microsoft, Verizon, etc.)
- The minimum page count for part 1 is 5 pages. Remember, this does not include the title page or reference page.
- The minimum page count for part 2 is 5 pages. The total document should be at least 10 pages.
More to read: Virtualization and Cloud Computing
Assignment Part 2 (Subject: Mobile and Cloud Computing)
You should make any recommended changes or updates you received in part 1 of the assignment submit both parts 1 and 2 as one cohesive paper.
Failure to address feedback received in your part 1 will result in a reduced score.
Your paper should have the following information:
Total points possible = 25
Paper includes part 1 (1 point possible)
Student made updates based on feedback received (3 points possible)
Virtualization
(5 points possible)
- Describe how virtualization works and what software you will require
- Describe the technique(s) you will use for virtualization (example: Full, para, hardware assisted)
- Describe the type(s) of virtualization you will deploy (data, desktop, CPU, etc.) and why these are needed
Cloud Computing Applications
(5 points possible)
- Identify and describe at least 3 cloud applications you will utilize (example mail, dropbox, etc.)
Usage monitoring
(3 points possible)
- Identify and describe the tool(s) you will utilize to monitor and management storage and capacity (example: Amazon CloudWatch, PCMONS, etc.)
- What service level agreements will you require the cloud provider adhere to? Why?
Security and Privacy
(7 points possible)
- List and describe at least 3 security/privacy concerns
- Describe what techniques/tools you will use to mitigate these concerns (e.g. defense mechanisms)
Conclusion
(1 point possible)
- Summarize why the cloud is the best choice
Useful resources:
https://www.cse.wustl.edu/~jain/cse574-10/ftp/cloud/index.html