...Cloud computing has transformed businesses worldwide and forced them to keep up with the fast-past changing of Internet Technologies. Cloud computing is a newer means of technology that allows users and businesses to store and forward information in a network. Large corporations are now using cloud computing as their key business structure. Users can connect to the cloud and store data, but they will be issued a fee for how much data they can store. The users can then retrieve the data from their laptop or smartphone. In a few years, cloud computing will be a primary storage service for many users. John Rhoton, a technology and business strategy consultant, defines cloud computing as a pool of virtual resources that are easily usable and accessible.i Rhoton mentions these resources are made up of hardware devices, information system platforms, and networking services.ii The cloud is built to be virtually unacknowledged by the user and perform in the simplest way. They are built using complex methods that are hidden from the user. Companies base their projects around simplicity because that is what the user wants. A user will buy a product or service that is easy to learn, compared to an abstract service that will take a lot of time and effort to use. A cloud network is very complex and misleading in terms of the infrastructure; however, the user can access the cloud by simply logging into the host from a webpage or a phone application. Generally, cloud services are...
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...Journal of Computers & Technology Volume 1 No.1 Dec. 2011 Comparative Analysis of Various Cloud Technologies Dr. Gurdev Singh Professor and Head Department of Computer science & Engineering Adesh Institute of Engineering & Technology Faridkot (India) Akanksha Lecturer Department of Computer science & Engineering Adesh Institute of Engineering & Technology Faridkot (India) singh.gndu@gmail.com 1. ABSTRACT With the increasing prevalence and demand of large scale cloud computing environment, a researcher has to draw more attention towards the services provided by the CLOUD. As the access to the server is increasing, centralized and distributed computing architecture will produce bottlenecks data which affect the quality of cloud computing services and bring the huge support to users. In this paper we are going to propose certain vital aspects such as memory utilization, storage capacity to check the efficiency and performance of various clouds in cloud computing environment. This is based upon the static data. The proposed mechanism enables users to access memories in various systems depending on the predefined criteria. Selection method for accessing the memory of a resource is properly introduced in this paper. Our evaluation results show that the aggregation of various clouds is effective in indicating the better efficiency and also to reduce network traffic sent over cloud networks. er.akanksha1988@gmail.com WAN networking. The interlinking and connection between...
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...------------------------------------------------- Battle of the clouds The fight to dominate cloud computing will increase competition and innovation THERE is nothing the computer industry likes better than a big new idea--followed by a big fight, as different firms compete to exploit it. "Cloudcomputing" is the latest example, and companies large and small are already joining the fray. The idea is that computing will increasingly be delivered as a service, over the internet, from vast warehouses of shared machines. Documents, e-mails and other data will be stored online, or "in the cloud", making them accessible from any PC or mobile device. Many things work this way already, from e-mail and photo albums to calendars and shared documents. This represents a big shift. If you store more and more things online, and access more and more software through an ordinary web browser, it suddenly matters much less what sort of computer you have, and what kind of software it is running. This means Microsoft, which launches the newest version of its Windows operating system this month, could lose out--unless, that is, the software giant can encourage software developers and users to migrate to its new suite of cloud-based services. Its main rival is Google, which offers its own range of such services, and continues to launch new ones and interlink them more closely. Yahoo!, which is allied with Microsoft, and Apple also offer cloud services for consumers; specialists such as Salesforce and...
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... | | | | | |This paper serves as a business plan prepared for Qualitynet for the introduction of Google | |Enterprise services in the State of Kuwait. | | | | | |April 21, 2010 | | | TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ………………………… 3 ORGANIZATION BACKGROUND AND VISION ………………………… 4 CLOUD COMPUTING AND BENEFITS ………………………… 4 What’s in the Cloud for the Customers ………………………… 5 What’s in the Cloud for Us? ………………………… 5 THE SERVICES AND PRODUCTS ………………………… 6 OUR COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES ………………………… 7 SALES AND MARKETING STRATEGIES ………………………… 8 Marketing Strategy ………………………… 8 Sales Strategy ………………………… 10 FINANCIAL STRATEGY ………………………… 11 Sources of Income ………………………… 11 Revenues and Costs …………………………...
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...Request for Proposal (RFP) Task 1 1. Introduction The purpose of this project is to introduce a new network infrastructure design for Simple Gateway Inc. The new network design will solve the existing problem with the multiple versions of the same document in each regional offices, digitize, and automate the workflow associate with administrative tasks. 2. Summary and Background Simple Gateway Inc. is a regional travel and tourism company Headquarters in California with 12 branch offices across the western United States. As of now, each office network operates independently with their own window base file server, an exchange server, and all of the data (File and Document) are stored locally. There is no centralized network and system infrastructure. 3. The current challenges in the Simple gateway affecting Key stakeholders Simple Gateway Inc.’s decentralized network was affecting the day to day business operation, and every day employee productivity was very low within the organization. Furthermore, currently affected shareholders are the chairman, vice president, director of operations, area managers, human resources, office manager, and office staff. Overall the stakeholder main problems are: Since each regional office was operating independently, there was no standardized version control of the document. Each regional office had a different version of the same document. Due to the lack of transparency and visibility of company data among the...
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...Group: 5 Cloud Computing: Risk Management Introduction The objective if this research report is to help clients make the tough decision in choosing between Amazon and Google as their companies cloud computing provider. We provide a detailed explanation of cloud and why we focused on Amazon and Google. In helping our clients make their decision we will compare and contrast the two providers using three components. The first component is to examine each providers risk based on preventable risk, strategic risk, and the external risk. From here the report moves into the security measures that the companies have in place to deal with the aforementioned risk. The final component used is the benefits that Google and Amazon can offer our clients by using their service. Background This research report will compare the risks of cloud computing, security measures in place, and the benefits associated with cloud computing technology. More specifically, our report will focus on two of the most important companies in cloud computing—Google and Amazon. While conducting introductory research our team realized that cloud computing risk management is too broad of a topic and the report would be un-useful for our clients. The team decided that the best way to help clients would be to do a comparison of the two companies and show why one provider would be better than the other. In choosing companies we decided to examine Amazon which is the number one most important company in cloud computing...
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...Term Paper: Downtime and Outage Aliaksandr Piatrou Course SEC 6010: Planning for Information Security Instructor: Mr. Dwight Robinson December 10, 2015 Abstract An outage or downtime at the online reservation system Sabre caused difficulties for many airlines, hotels and other hospitality industries all around the world. It affects business credibility, causes loss in revenue and legal procedures. Because of the recent delays Southwest, AirTran, American Airlines, US Airways, and United Airlines, who use Sabre global distribution system, topped the list of worst airlines in the US (Tooley, 2015). Background Sabre is one the leading provider of global distribution system to the travel and tourism industry. The Sabre GDS enables companies such as American Airlines, BCD Travel, Expedia, JetBlue, and Travelocity to search, price, book, and ticket travel services provided by airlines, hotels, car rental companies, rail providers and tour operators worldwide. It headquarters in Texas and employs over 10,000 employees in 60 countries with revenues of approximately $3 billion. Sabre service is using worldwide by 400 airlines in more than 700 airports, by more than 125,000 hotel properties, 27 car rental brands, 50 rail providers, 16 cruise lines and other global travel suppliers around the world generating more than $5.85 billion in revenue each year for its customers. More than 600 million people make purchases through that system annually (Sabre Authors, 2014). Sabre...
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...According to Rainer & Turban, by 2007 Amazon had spent over two billion dollars on infrastructure for its online store, but only 10% of its processing capacity is used at any one time. To make use of its unused processing capacity, Amazon has decided to offer storage and other services to other companies at a fee (2008). From this picture, it is clear that Amazon is not moving away from its core competency of being a leading online retailer rather it is making use of its infrastructure and resources to improve the profits. The strategy of Amazon is to provide online services as well as online retailing which would enable Amazon to compete with Microsoft and Google for their online services. Amazon only uses 10% or less of their systems capacity at any-one-time. Many of their customers went to Microsoft and Google because Amazon did not provide online services. By providing this online service and continuing with their online retails, this may help reestablish old customers and gain...
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...Rainer & Turban, by 2007 Amazon had spent over two billion dollars on infrastructure for its online store, but only 10% of its processing capacity is used at any one time. To make use of its unused processing capacity, Amazon has decided to offer storage and other services to other companies at a fee (2008). From this picture, it is clear that Amazon is not moving away from its core competency of being a leading online retailer rather it is making use of its infrastructure and resources to improve the profits.No comments The strategy of Amazon is to provide online services as well as online retailing which would enable Amazon to compete with Microsoft and Google for their online services. Amazon only uses 10% or less of their systems capacity at any-one-time. Many of their customers went to Microsoft and Google because Amazon did not provide online services. By providing this online service and continuing with their online retails, this may help reestablish old...
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...2014 GOOGLE Inc. Team 7 3/6/2014 1. In order to identify capacity constraints and better allocate resources companies, Google adopted 70/20/10 model. Google’s aim is to ‘organize the world’s information’. Though all the projects had one aim, they were classified according to their contribution to the core business. This map clearly distinguished the projects as needed. Derivative projects are the ones’ that involve incremental changes in core products and services. These are allocated with 70% of the Google’s resources. Platform projects comprised of extension to core business. And these were allocated 20% of the resources. Breakthrough projects are the ones that are based on fundamentally new businesses. These are allocated 10% of the total resources. These fostered innovation within the company. 2. Technology Stand Alone Value Google’s standalone value includes products like Google Search, advertising, Browser, Cloud based apps, Mobile Operating System and mobile devices. The need of search engine grew with expansion of World Wide Web. Although other search engines existed, however the results on those platforms could easily be skewed. Larry Page and Sergey Bin came up with a new algorithm to counter those problems. “The perfect search engine” says Larry Page “would understand exactly what you mean and give back exactly what you want”. This proved true hence rated high in customer productivity. Their home page interface is clear and simple, and pages load instantly...
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...CIO header Logo MAGAZINE WHITE PAPERS EVENTS WEBINARS LOGIN JOIN NEWSCASE STUDIESOPINIONSSLIDESHOWSARTICLESCEO INTERVIEWSVIDEOSCIO INTERVIEWS MORE CIO.inNewsSPECIAL REPORT: Why Are Xiaomi Phones So Inexpensive? 3 inShare NEWS SPECIAL REPORT: Why Are Xiaomi Phones So Inexpensive? Added 19th May 2014 By Michael Kan SPECIAL-REPORT-Why-Are-Xiaomi-Phones-So-Inexpensive_300x225.jpg Chinese smartphone vendor Xiaomi has made a name for itself by selling iPhone-like gear for almost a third of the price of Apple products. It may sound too good to be true, but the company is managing to sell millions of phones and is already kicking off a global expansion. So how does it pull it off? For one thing, Xiaomi claims to price its phones just above their costs. But company officials also point to its iconoclastic business model, which eschews the financial burden of using traditional marketing and distribution practices, and relies on the Internet to fuel sales. It's made Xiaomi into a company that doesn't operate like a typical smartphone vendor, but still successful enough to become one of China's hottest tech firms. Disrupting the market When Xiaomi unveiled its first flagship Mi 1 phone in August 2011, attention was fixated on the device's price. Consumers could buy what was then a cutting-edge smartphone for 1,999 yuan (US$324). This was a major bargain compared to other high-end phones including the iPhone 4, which started at 4,999 yuan. Xiaomi maintained the initial...
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...Amazon.com, Inc. According to the case, starting as an online bookstore in 1995, Amazon, expanding its business to cloud computing, comparison shopping, expansive retail, advertising, music & video and smart devices such as kindle, has achieved a great success in the past 20 years. However, there are also some imminent challenges to overcome for the successful giant. When it comes to the external environment of the company, we think there are three main trends of the technology industry. Firstly, era of mobile internet. In fact, as technology has been evolving, traditional boundaries between hardware and software, products and services, and online and bricks-and-mortar stores have not only become increasingly blurred as the article tells us, but also have connected with each other by internet and smart devices, especially smart phones. Though the Fire phone turned out Amazon’s first misstep, the smart phone is very important for Amazon as it may be the most-used device for consumers accessing to Amazon’s diversified products and services. Secondly, the emerging of digital ecosystem. We can draw from the other three giants, Apple, Google and Facebook that they are running and expanding their businesses centered on their hundreds of millions of users. Based on a huge user base, Apple expands its product categories adding Apple TV, Apple watch and Apple pay. Google made inroads into tablet business, TV set-top box, social networks. Facebook launched the HTC First specifically designed...
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...Amazon.com the Hidden Empire Three digital engines to reshape and dominate retail Amazon.com: a digital shop around the corner… … and a digital colossus. Did you know: all these companies belong to Amazon… Did you know: Amazon is also… AmazonBasics Amazon-branded electronic products AmazonFresh sells and delivers groceries in Seattle AmazonStudios online social movie studio Amazon WarehouseDeals offers discounts on refurbished products Did you know: Amazon has had one of the fastest growths in the Internet’s history… Revenues reached within first 5 years $2,8 bn $1,5 bn $0,4 bn eBay Google Amazon Amazon and eBay results from 1995 to 2000, Google from 1998 to 2003. Even though Zynga and Groupon appear to have an even quicker growth, they haven‟t been compared because 1- sales have not been officially disclosed 2- they haven‟t reach their fifth year Did you know: Amazon Web Services drives these companies… Did you know: Amazon.com is a giant… Y/Y growth for Q1 2011 +38% Market cap $90 bn Customers 137 m 3 × growth of 2 × market cap 2 × # customers E-commerce market Employees 33,700 Annual revenue $34 bn Internet traffic rank 16th Retail brand 1st Paid out $1.2 bn 15 × more than 16% more than before before to buy Source: Amazon.com, Alexa, Brandz. Market capitalization as of April 2011. Why? A vision… From 1994, Jeff Bezos knew he could create a retail website that would not have the limitations...
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...Amazon.com the Hidden Empire Three digital engines to reshape and dominate retail Amazon.com: a digital shop around the corner… … and a digital colossus. Did you know: all these companies belong to Amazon… Did you know: Amazon is also… AmazonBasics Amazon-branded electronic products AmazonFresh sells and delivers groceries in Seattle AmazonStudios online social movie studio Amazon WarehouseDeals offers discounts on refurbished products Did you know: Amazon has had one of the fastest growths in the Internet’s history… Revenues reached within first 5 years $2,8 bn $1,5 bn $0,4 bn eBay Google Amazon Amazon and eBay results from 1995 to 2000, Google from 1998 to 2003. Even though Zynga and Groupon appear to have an even quicker growth, they haven‟t been compared because 1- sales have not been officially disclosed 2- they haven‟t reach their fifth year Did you know: Amazon Web Services drives these companies… Did you know: Amazon.com is a giant… Y/Y growth for Q1 2011 +38% Market cap $90 bn Customers 137 m 3 × growth of 2 × market cap 2 × # customers E-commerce market Employees 33,700 Annual revenue $34 bn Internet traffic rank 16th Retail brand 1st Paid out $1.2 bn 15 × more than 16% more than before before to buy Source: Amazon.com, Alexa, Brandz. Market capitalization as of April 2011. Why? A vision… From 1994, Jeff Bezos knew he could create a retail website that would not have the limitations...
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...RESEARCH REPORT Title : “What is Cloud computing?” NAME : Pyae Phyo LECTURER : Ms. Dimple Chugani DUE DATE : 30th May 2014 I. LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL TO ACCOMPANY REPORT ASSESSMENT Pyae Phyo Ang Mo Kio Ave-10, Blk-401 23-601#, Singapore,560401 Ms. Dimple Chugani PSB Academy 355 Jalan Bukit Ho Swee Singapore 169567 30 May 2014 RE: ENGLISH REPORT (What is Cloud computing?) Dear Ms. Dimple Chugani, Please find enclosed my report entitled “ What is Cloud computing?”. I trust you will find the report has covered the question in a comprehensive fashion. Should there be any questions regarding the report, please do not hesitate to contuse me at the address above . I will also include my email address, so that initial contact can be made and further arrangements made should that be necessary. I hope that you will find the report covers the areas of concern expressed in the question and that you find it interesting and informative. Yours faithfully, Pyae Phyo Table of Contents Page i. Abstract 4 ii. Justification 5 1. Introduction 6 2. What is Cloud computing? 7 3. Characteristics 8-9 4. Cloud computing Infrastructure Models 4.1 Service Model 4.1.1 Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) 10 4.1.2 Platform as a Service (PaaS) ...
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