...negatively impact the Federal Government’s ability to serve the American public. Cloud computing has the potential to play a major part in addressing these inefficiencies and improving government service delivery. Amtrak, one of top client for Lockheed Martin is facing similar challenges to reduce the cost of IT infrastructure maintenance in their data center operations. Lockheed Martin has a unique cloud model which is focused on providing solutions as a service based on a mission focused approach to secure cloud delivery. They have successfully implemented cloud services for many clients. This study specifically focused on implementing the cloud computing strategy and services provided by Lockheed Martin that can significantly help Amtrak to provide highly reliable, innovative services in an efficient manner and at the same time reduce IT operating costs. Interviews were conducted with key business stakeholders at Amtrak and also with some of the IT project team members to learn about the existing data center model set up, data storage, and the hardware and software applications that are currently used. Interviews were also conducted with employees to understand the perception of cloud system infrastructure services and how it can help them. This report concludes that Lockheed Martin is deeply involved in delivery of cloud computing services to his clients and will provide a unique cloud computing framework that can benefit Amtrak. The challenge at Amtrak is that even though...
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...Title: Emergent Topics – Cloud Computing I work for a medium size corporation and they need to integrate an abundance of data, but the current infrastructure is not enough for the BI functionality that is required. Purchasing backend hardware for data storage is becoming a thing of the past. In house costs of support, hardware purchase and maintenance, and facilities management can be extremely expensive. Modern technology has spawned cost effective alternatives that can challenge in-house infrastructure performance and cost. Our recent network, bandwidth upgrade has increased our options for effective data storage and BI solutions. Cloud computing technology has come leaps and bounds from its inception. Cloud computing is basically the use of remote servers over a network, typically, the internet for data storage and retrieval. The servers are located in a data center managed by IT professionals and monitored all day, every day. Customers lease the infrastructure on a usage basis and are typically supported by a service level agreement . An intriguing new, cloud based, data warehouse service has just been released by Amazon which is fast, fully managed and offers petabyte-scale storage. The product named Amazon Redshift is also fully supportive of all our existing business intelligence tools including Jaspersoft, Microstrategy, Pentaho, Tableau, Business Objects and Cognos. There are no new languages to learn. You just load your cluster, connect your favorite...
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...Cloud Computing The growth of information technology and its infrastructure has forced many businesses to invest in cloud technology. Cloud computing increases capacity and capabilities. Whether it is software delivery, storage space, or integration, cloud computing is a pivotal investment if businesses want to remain competitive or gain an edge. Ericsson is just one company that has invested in cloud computing and benefited from its capabilities. Benefits of Amazon Web Services (AWS) Ericsson has benefited from utilizing Amazon Web Services in costs, software updates, remote access, and on-demand availability. AWS has shown a better quality in service with solid management and they have a proven track record (Ericsson, 2013). AWS offers Ericsson advanced automation services with global hosting. AWS allows Ericsson to have hosting centers in various regions. AWS is also considered to be the most integrated public cloud provider in RightScale (Ericsson, 2013). Costs On-site information technology infrastructure is not required for AWS, so IT management costs are minimized. Improvements in cloud computing can also lower costs and various pricing packages allow businesses to optimize their costs based on specific requirements. AWS also gives Ericsson access to a highly distributed and full-featured platform at a fraction of the cost for in-house IT infrastructure (Amazon, 2013). It also allows for resources to be shifted from IT infrastructure to more innovative...
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...Project Management: Cloud Computing: Life in the Clouds Partial fulfillment of the requirements of 63.688.061 IT Project Management University of Massachusetts Lowell July 24, 2013 Abstract The purpose of this research is to determine, through case study, how cloud computing effects information technology project management. Throughout the paper I will discuss the advantages and disadvantages of cloud computing. I will also discuss the factors in an organization adopting cloud computing, the platforms and architecture of cloud computing. The impact of adopting cloud computing on organizations now and in the future will be addressed. The conclusion and future implications are drawn from the implementation of this cloud computing project management module and literature. Table of Contents Introduction 4 Important Organizational Issues and Impacts 5 Adoption 5 Architecture 8 Platform 9 Layers of cloud computing 9 Private Cloud versus Public Cloud 12 Cloud Computing in Organizations 13 Concerns and Current Problems 14 Disadvantages of Cloud Computing 15 Benefits of Clouds Computing 17 Future Implications 20 Conclusion 22 References 24 Project Management: Cloud Computing: Life in the Clouds Introduction The goal of this paper is to explore the new phenomenon that is known as cloud computing. It is a term that if often thrown around and a lot of people think that they...
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...Business Research Report Cloud Computing Technology Investment Recommendation Assessment Code: RWT1 Student Name: Amanda Mertes Student ID: 239082 Date: October 6, 2014 Mentor Name: Danielle Northern Table of Contents Executive Summary………………………………………………………………………………………3 Introduction………………………………………………………………………………………………..3 Research Findings………………………………………………………………………………………..5 Cloud Computing Services...…………………………………………………………………………….5 Security in the Cloud……………………………………………………………………………………..6 Service Level Agreements……………………………………………………………………………….7 Recommendations………………………………………………………………………………………..8 Conclusion…………………………………………………………………………………………………9 References……………………………………………………………………………………………….10 Executive Summary Technology is moving fast and to keep up with our competitors we must embrace the latest technology and begin implementing cloud computing. Cloud computing is using a network of remote servers hosted on the internet to store, manage and process data, rather than a local server. This will allow us not only to continue to build our business but to put us on top as leading our competitors in this word of technology. I have done some extensive research on the new technologies available and cloud computing is where I recommend we place our IT dollars in the coming year. I know our budget is limited and I have taken that into consideration. It can be very costly to take on this type of project, however, I have found many...
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...A review on cloud computing security issues & challanges F. A. Alvi1, Ψ, B.S Choudary2 ,N. Jaferry3 , E.Pathan4 1 Department of Computer Systems Engineering, QUEST Nawabshah, Sindh, Pakistan 2 Department of Computer Systems Engineering, MUET Jamshoro, Sindh, Pakistan 3 Department of Computer Systems Engineering, QUEST Nawabshah, Sindh, Pakistan 4 Department of Electronic Engineering, QUEST Nawabshah, Sindh, Pakistan Abstract The new developments in the field of information technology offered the people enjoyment, comforts and convenience. Cloud computing is one of the latest developments in the IT industry also known as on-demand computing. It provides the full scalability, reliability, high performance and relatively low cost feasible solution as compared to dedicated infrastructures. It is the application provided in the form of service over the internet and system hardware in the data centers that gives these services. This technology has the capacity to admittance a common collection of resources on request. It is proving extremely striking to cash-strapped IT departments that are wanted to deliver better services under pressure. When this cloud is made available for the general customer on pay per use basis, then it is called public cloud. When customer develops their own applications and run their own internal infrastructure then is called private cloud. Integration and consolidation of public and private cloud is called hybrid cloud. But having many advantages for...
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...CLOUD COMPUTING: A TECHNOLOGY APPRAISAL REPORT _______________________________ Nicole Simon Presented to Dr. Surendran MG/IS-575 Information Technology Management Southeast Missouri State University Cape Girardeau, MO Spring, 2014 Abstract This report will discuss the history of cloud computing, its relevance to the information technology world today, and its possible or potential applications. Thorough research will show that cloud computing has an extensive history and is still a major player in the technology world. Furthermore, the applications that can be implemented on behalf of cloud computing could potentially improve the way of life today—technologically speaking. History of Cloud Computing Cloud computing has a long history in the technological world. In fact, it goes back much further than people believe. According to the article, “30 years of accumulation: A timeline of cloud computing,” in 1997 the term cloud computing was first coined (GCN Staff, 2013). University of Texas professor Ramnath Chellappa coined the phrase which means “new computing paradigm,” (GCN Staff, 2013). Many years passed and small developments were made. In 2006, cloud computing took a huge step. During 2006, Amazon launched its Elastic Compute Cloud (GCN Staff, 2013). Elastic Compute Cloud is an infrastructure as a service that allows organizations to contract for computers to run their selected applications (GCN Staff, 2013). Then, in 2007, Dropbox was developed by a...
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...white pAper: cloud Securit y Securing the Cloud for the Enterprise A Joint White Paper from Symantec and VMware White Paper: Cloud Security Securing the Cloud for the Enterprise for A Joint White Paper from Symantec and VMware Contents Executive summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1.0 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Enterprise computing trends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Transitions in the journey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Evolving threat and compliance landscape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 A security strategy for the cloud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2.0 Key elements of cloud security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...
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...more and more tasks, e.g., for playing games; capturing, editing, annotating and uploading video; handling finances; managing personal health, micro payments, ticket purchase, interacting with ubiquitous computing infrastructures. Even mobile device hardware and mobile networks continue to evolve and to improve, mobile devices will always be resource-poor, less secure, with unstable connectivity, and with less energy since they are powered by battery. Mobile devices can be seen as entry points and interface of cloud online services. Mobile devices (e.g., smartphone, tablet pcs, etc.) are increasingly becoming an essential part of human life as the most effective and convenient communication tools not bounded by time and place. Mobile users accumulate rich experience of various services from mobile applications (e.g., iPhone apps, Google apps, etc.), which run on the devices and/or on remote servers via wireless networks. The rapid progress of mobile computing (MC) becomes a powerful trend in the development of IT technology as well as commerce and industry fields. However, with mobility come its inherent problems such as resource scarceness, finite energy and low connectivity. Real time applications demand high levels of responsiveness, which in turn, demand intensive computing resources. Some mobile applications, such as location based social networking, process and make use of the phone’s various sensor data which is expensive in...
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...advantage of the Cloud computing. As an operation manager I would like to discuss some of those. Flexibility Cloud services are more efficient for the growing business as we can easily scale up or down the cloud capacity. On the other hand we can setup office brunch anywhere in the world. Security All the business data should be store in cloud so it is difficult for the hacker to hack personal computer or laptop for the business data which is worth million dollar. Catastrophe recovery Disaster are unpredictable for any kind of business. Disaster recovery is very expensive and time consuming too. Cloud storage is safe from any kind of unexpected incidence. Up to date Software Cloud service providers regular do software updates and including...
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...Cloud Computing Charles Watson MIS/535 December 7, 2014 Professor Gordon Table of Contents Abstract……………………………………………………………………………….Page 3 Company Background…..…………………………………………………………….Page 3-4 Business Problem……………………………………………………………………...Page 4 High Level Solution…………………………………………………………………...Pages 4-5 Benefits of Solving the Problem………………………………………………………Pages 5-6 Business Technical Approach…………………………………………………………Page 6-7 Business Process Change……………………………………………………………...Pages 7-8 Technology or business practices used to augment the solution………………………Page 8-9 Conclusion and Overall Recommendations…………………………………………...Pages 9-10 High Level Implementation Plan……………………………………………………...Page 10-13 References……………………………………………………………………………..Page 14-15 Cloud Computing Abstract The purpose of this document is to explain why the State of Florida needs to incorporate cloud storage for several reasons; to reduce the cost, easy access to files, enhancement of communication, security and more. Cloud computing is the next generation of storing information, and many major corporations have implemented this as either a back-up solution or as their primary storage and computing network. The State will be outsourcing the development of a cloud based system with the goal of providing a reliable and secure source. Company background The State of Florida is made up of a number of different agencies. This paper will examine the needs...
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...` Title: Go-Green with Cloud Computing: Benefits to HR Name: Mala Srinivas & Animesh Giri (Assistant Professor, Dept of Information Science technology, PEs Institute of Technology-BSc) Affiliation: III Semester, MBA – HR, PES Institute of Technology – BSc Email: Mala.s44@gmail.com animeshgiri@pes.edu Title: Go-Green with Cloud Computing: Benefits to HR Name: Mala Srinivas Affiliation: III Semester, MBA – HR, PES Institute of Technology – South Campus, Bangalore Email: Mala.s44@gmail.com ABSTRACT Cloud Computing is the hot topic in today’s World. Cloud computing comes with the great advantage of providing higher energy savings, a fact which translates into being environmentally friendly. In the last few years, technology has improved immensely, taking the environment into account and providing a solution for those worrying about carbon footprints and the impact of technology into the environment. In the last couple of decades, HR has re-invented itself from the mundane activities like Industrial Relations, labour etc. to the front of a Company’s Business radar on par with Marketing, Finance, Administration and other departments. HR managers today use hundreds of strategic and collaborative technology tools to keep up the HR function fast moving. But lot of these technology tools is not implemented in a large number of Small & Medium Enterprises (SME) who forms 75% of our country’s market. Why? Because many of the SME’s are of...
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...Business Computing Business Computing Survey of IS Theory Name: Muhammad Rashid Student Number: S0222212 Tutor: Ron Perkins Due Date: 16th May 2013 Central Queensland University (Sydney Campus) Survey of IS Theory Name: Muhammad Rashid Student Number: S0222212 Tutor: Ron Perkins Due Date: 16th May 2013 Central Queensland University (Sydney Campus) Table of Contents 1.0 Technical, Business and System Competencies 1 1.1 Technical Competency 1 1.2 Business Competency 2 1.3 System Competency 2 2.0 Four Major Information Systems 3 2.1 Management Information System 3 2.2 Knowledge Management System 4 2.3 Customer Relationship Management 4 2.4 Supply Chain Management System 5 3.0 Cloud Computing 5 3.1 Characteristics of Cloud Computing 6 3.1.1 Elasticity & Scalability 6 3.1.2 Provisioning 6 3.1.3 Standardisation 6 3.1.4 Billing and Service Usage 7 3.2 Issues with Cloud Computing before Implementation 7 4.0 Technology Review 7 5.0 Operating Systems in Personal Computers 8 5.1 Features of Microsoft Windows 8 9 6.0 Enterprise Systems 10 6.1 Benefits of implementing Enterprise Systems 10 6.2 Challenges caused by implementing Enterprise Systems 11 7.0 Intelligent Systems 11 7.1 Types of Intelligent Systems 12 7.1.1 Expert Systems 12 7.1.2 Artificial Neural Networks 12 7.1.3 Motion Controls 13 7.1.4 Genetic Algorithms 13 8.0 Web Services 13 9.0 Educational Institutions...
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...Cloud Computing: Opportunities and Challenges Nazmul Hasan [1], Mohammad Riasat Ahmed[2] Abstract In the field of IT, cloud computing introduces a new era. Almost every part of the IT depends on this cloud computing. It is the latest technique of providing computational resources as a service. It reduces many hurdles in the field of IT. This technology allows for much more efficient computing by centralizing data storage, processing and bandwidth. The popularity of cloud computing is increasing day by day. The main theme of this paper is to show some important features of cloud computing, its deployment model and some of its dark sides. This paper is prepared based on theoretical research on many literatures about this topic and duration was over a few months. Keywords: Architecture, taxation, database administration, internet, web server. Field of research: Computer Science and Engineering. Authors Nazmul Hasan , undergraduate student, Computer Science and Engineering Department, Military Institute of Science and Technology, Mirpur Cantonment, Dhaka-1216, Bangladesh. Address: ID: 200914031, CSE-10, Computer Science and Engineering Department, Military Institute of Science and Technology, Mirpur Cantonment, Dhaka-1216, Bangladesh. E-mail:nazmul_mist@yahoo.com [2] Mohammad Riasat Ahmed , undergraduate student, Computer Science and Engineering Department, Military Institute of Science and Technology, Mirpur Cantonment, Dhaka-1216, Bangladesh. Address: ID: 200814026,...
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...Review 8 References 14 Research Skills 1. Research Proposal 2.1. Rationale and Context Cambridge City Government is an institution that is currently facing problems with the management of its information transfer over the internet. This is seen in the need to align data, particularly revenue streams, incomes and expenditures. In fact, the situation is worsened by an increasing city population, as well as amenities complexities that are placing a strain on the available internet facilities that serve the institution. As such, the proposed research study intends to analyse the role that cloud computing could play in solving the information transfer problems that face the government. The research results will act as the blueprint for the city administrators to develop and implement networking management approaches that will address its needs. I assume that if cloud computing is determined to be advantageous for the government, then its implementation will make it easier for the institution to meet its information management needs. This proposal describes the approach to research that will be adopted for the proposed study. Kenrick et al. (2010, pp. 293-294) argue that the cognitively driven constructs and context of any research would aid it in accepting the intellectual journey applied in the identification of the research problem. In this respect, it is better to understand the context of the research and the cognitively driven constructs that make up the search for...
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