...Unit 2. Lab 1: Cloud Computing Research With Amazon, you get anywhere between 5GB and 1TB depending upon how much you’d like to pay for the privilege. Amazon passes on to you the financial benefits of Amazon’s scale. You pay a very low rate for the compute capacity you actually consume. To use Amazon EC2, you simply: * Select a pre-configured, templated Amazon Machine Image (AMI) to get up and running immediately. Or create an AMI containing your applications, libraries, data, and associated configuration settings. * Configure security and network access on your Amazon EC2 instance. * Choose which instance type(s) you want, then start, terminate, and monitor as many instances of your AMI as needed, using the web service APIs or the variety of management tools provided. * Determine whether you want to run in multiple locations, utilize static IP endpoints, or attach persistent block storage to your instances. * Pay only for the resources that you actually consume, like instance-hours or data transfer. With Google, it’s a little more complicated. There didn't used to be a single locker but now the Big G has taken care of that one with the launch of the Google Drive. You get 5GB of space plus 1GB of Picasa storage for free along with any space in your Docs and Gmail section. There's an apparent maximum storage space on the Google Drive itself up to 100GB but you can rent more space from Google if you have a Google Apps account up to a total of 16TB. On...
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...Unit 2. Lab 1 - Cloud Computing Research Unit 2. Lab 1: Cloud Computing Research With Amazon, you get anywhere between 5GB and 1TB depending upon how much you’d like to pay for the privilege. Amazon passes on to you the financial benefits of Amazon’s scale. You pay a very low rate for the compute capacity you actually consume. To use Amazon EC2, you simply: * Select a pre-configured, templated Amazon Machine Image (AMI) to get up and running immediately. Or create an AMI containing your applications, libraries, data, and associated configuration settings. * Configure security and network access on your Amazon EC2 instance. * Choose which instance type(s) you want, then start, terminate, and monitor as many instances of your AMI as needed, using the web service APIs or the variety of management tools provided. * Determine whether you want to run in multiple locations, utilize static IP endpoints, or attach persistent block storage to your instances. * Pay only for the resources that you actually consume, like instance-hours or data transfer. With Google, it’s a little more complicated. There didn't used to be a single locker but now the Big G has taken care of that one with the launch of the Google Drive. You get 5GB of space plus 1GB of Picasa storage for free along with any space in your Docs and Gmail section. There's an apparent maximum storage space on the Google Drive itself up to 100GB but you can rent more space from Google if you have a Google Apps...
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...Douglas Dickerson NT1310 Physical Networking 9/23/2014 Unit 2 Lab 1: Cloud Computing Research EC2 Amazon: Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) is a web service that provides resizable compute capacity in the cloud. It is designed to make web-scale computing easier for developers. Amazon EC2’s simple web service interface allows you to obtain and configure capacity with minimal friction. It provides you with complete control of your computing resources and lets you run on Amazon’s proven computing environment. Amazon EC2 reduces the time required to obtain and boot new server instances to minutes, allowing you to quickly scale capacity, both up and down, as your computing requirements change. Amazon EC2 changes the economics of computing by allowing you to pay only for capacity that you actually use. Amazon EC2 provides developers the tools to build failure resilient applications and isolate themselves from common failure scenarios Amazon, gives you anywhere between 5GB and 1TB depending on how much you want to pay for the amount of memory. Amazon passes on to you the financial benefits of Amazon’s scale. You have a low rate to pay for the compute capacity you use. To use Amazon EC2 you have to: Select a pre-configured, Amazon Machine Image (AMI) to get up and running...
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...NT1310 Physical Networking Unit 2: Assignments and Homework Lab 1: Cloud Computing Research Amazon: Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) is a web service that provides resizable compute capacity in the cloud. It is designed to make web-scale computing easier for developers. Amazon EC2’s simple web service interface allows you to obtain and configure capacity with minimal friction. It provides you with complete control of your computing resources and lets you run on Amazon’s proven computing environment. Amazon EC2 reduces the time required to obtain and boot new server instances to minutes, allowing you to quickly scale capacity, both up and down, as your computing requirements change. Amazon EC2 changes the economics of computing by allowing you to pay only for capacity that you actually use. Amazon EC2 provides developers the tools to build failure resilient applications and isolate themselves from common failure scenarios. Cost - Inexpensive – Amazon EC2 passes on to you the financial benefits of Amazon’s scale. You pay a very low rate for the compute capacity you actually consume. See Amazon EC2 Instance Purchasing Options for a more detailed description. Amazon EC2 Instance Purchasing Options In addition to providing the flexibility to easily choose the number, the size and the configuration of the compute instances you need for your application, Amazon EC2 provides customers three different purchasing models that give you the flexibility to optimize...
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...◆ 3D Rendering in the Cloud ˇ c Martin D. Carroll, Ilija Hadzi´ , and William A. Katsak Many modern applications and window systems perform three-dimensional (3D) rendering. For a cloud system to support such applications, that 3D rendering must be performed in the cloud, because the end-user equipment cannot be relied upon to contain the necessary rendering hardware. All systems that perform 3D rendering in the cloud are faced with two fundamental and related problems: 1) How to enable an arbitrary number of users to produce rendered pixel streams, and 2) how to transfer those pixel streams out of the server’s frame buffers and into one or more encoders, for transmission to the user. We have implemented a new form of display virtualization that solves both of these problems in a low-level and transparent manner. Using our display virtualization (which we call the virtual cathode ray tube controller (VCRTC)), the cloud system can support an arbitrary number of pixel streams (bounded only by memory and bandwidth resources), and it can dynamically associate those streams with encoders. VCRTCs are completely transparent to the applications: No application needs to be modified, recompiled, or even relinked to use VCRTCs. Because they are low-level and transparent, VCRTCs are also a general mechanism with utility beyond cloud systems. © 2012 Alcatel-Lucent. Introduction Three-dimensional rendering is the process of transforming a model of a three-dimensional (3D) scene...
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...70 (50 Theory, 20 Lab) IT1115 Introduction to Information Technology Syllabus COURSE SUMMARY COURSE DESCRIPTION This course explores foundational topics related to information technology. Topics examined include computing devices, hardware, software, operating systems, computer networks, security, and computer programming. Logical problem solving, troubleshooting, and maintenance of computer systems are also introduced. MAJOR INSTRUCTIONAL AREAS 1. Computer History and Fundamentals 2. Hardware 3. Operating Systems 4. Basic Networking 5. Basic Security 6. Software 7. Basic Programming 8. Web Technologies 9. Troubleshooting COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES By the end of this course, you should be able to: 1. Identify the evolution of computers and different types of computers. 2. Convert numbers between binary, decimal, and hexadecimal number systems. 3. Explain the purpose, functions, and characteristics of a CPU. 4. Describe the physical components of a computer and various input and output devices, including storage and memory. 5. Describe the function of BIOS and the booting process of a computer. 6. Describe basic operating system architecture, its components, and storage management. © ITT Educational Services, Inc. All Rights Reserved. [2] 6/15/15 IT1115 Introduction to Information Technology Syllabus 7. Describe basic types of computer network topologies and connections, protocols, and services used on the Internet. 8. Describe virtual computing and virtual networking...
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...Fidel Luna (15275168) NT-1310 Unit 2 Lab Cloud Computing Research iCloud Drive Inc. #566-533W Roulette Street, Pembina North Dakota, 58271 USA Founded in 2000, iCloud Inc. is recognized as a thought leader and innovator of Cloud services, bringing continuous innovation through high-performing cloud solutions to clients that want simple Internet Technology delivered in a less expensive way. iCloudDrive brings powerful backup, collaboration and sharing features to your business. It’s easy to use making it suitable for everyone – whether you’re a one-person business or a large enterprise. Provider | Cost | Speed | Space | APIs | Customer Service | Users | Ecryption | ICloud Express | $38.00/Month | n/a | 2 TB | All | Good | 3 | 256 Bit | | $125.00/Month | n/a | 10 TB+ | All | Good | 10 + | 256 Bit | Rackspace General Purpose * High-performance, RAID 10-protected SSD storage * Redundant 10-Gigabit networking * Option of booting from Cloud Block Storage (additional charges apply for Cloud Block Storage) * Disk I/O up to ~35,000 4K random read IOPS and ~35,000 4K random write IOPS* Provider | Cost | Speed | Space | APIs | Customer Service | Users | Ecryption | General1-2 | $29.00/mo | 400Mb/s | 40GB SSD | | 24x7x365 | 2 | | General1-4 | $58.00/mo | 800Mb/s | 80GB SSD | | 24x7x365 | 4 | | General1-8 | $117.00/mo | 1,600Mb/s | 160GB SSD | | 24x7x365 | 8 | | OneDrive Store: Securely store all your files and share them...
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...of SAP Labs India Pvt. Ltd SECTION-D, GROUP-IV Archit Prasad (12 DM-037) Debaleena Biswas (12HR-007) Himanshu Garg (12 FN-054) Madhavi Verma (12 DM-081) Tapapriyo Maitra (12 DM-151) Yogaesh Sharda (12 FN-159) Yogesh Khanna (12 IB- 061) Introduction India has always been chosen as the preferred Research and Development centre by many multinational organisations; SAP Labs was no exception. SAP Labs India Pvt. Ltd is SAP AG's largest R& D center in the world. The functional areas of SAP Labs India are Research & Breakthrough Innovation, Product Development, Customer solutions and Operations, etc. Due to its excellent employee learning system, effective management control and state-of-the art infrastructure, SAP Labs India is rated among Top 5 Best workplaces in IT software industry. The next few Pages aims at analysing the Oragnisational structure, culture, life/cycle stage , size , business environment and finally the right “fit” of SAP Labs India Pvt. Ltd. About SAP Labs India Pvt Ltd SAP Labs is the research and development organization of the parent company. SAP has its development organization spread across the globe. SAP Labs India Pvt. Ltd was opened in the year 1998. Other labs are located in Germany, France, Bulgaria and Hungary in Europe; Palo Alto, USA; Bangalore and Gurgaon, India; São Leopoldo, Brazil; Ra'anana and Karmiel, Israel; Montreal and Vancouver, Canada and Shanghai, China. SAP Labs India is the largest development unit in terms...
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...Organizational Behaviour-II Project On Organizational Innovation at Submitted to Prof. Manish Kumar Submitted by Section C Group: 6 PGP/16/128- Anand Ganesh Patil PGP/16/149- Irshad Anwar PGP/16/150- Mohamed Anas PGP/16/155- Prabhu P PGP/16/159- Ram Kumar Venkatesh PGP/16/171- Shyam Prasath B Organizational Behaviour-II Acknowledgement We would like to thank our Organizational Behaviour-II Professor Prof Manish Kumar for guiding us throughout the project and providing valuable inputs. We would also like to thank the employees and management of SAP Labs India Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore for extending their help to understand the organization and providing us valuable insights about the innovation and change process in SAP. 1|Page Organizational Behaviour-II Table of Contents 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 10. 11. 12. 13. An Overview of the Company ............................................................................................ 3 The Dilemma ...................................................................................................................... 3 Need for Innovation ............................................................................................................ 4 Organizational Innovation .................................................................................................. 4 Technological Changes....................................................................................................... 5 Products & Services...
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...Environmental Analysis The information technology (IT) industry has always been highly driven by innovations in technology. It is dynamic and highly competitive, with frequent changes in both technologies and business models. Each industry shift is an opportunity to conceive new products, new technologies, or new ideas that can further transform the industry and businesses. The following PESTEL analysis will try to gain an understanding of Microsoft’s business potential, future market situation and the direction of its operation. The political, economic, social, technological, environmental and legal factors are six components of PESTEL analysis. Table 1: PESTEL Analysis of IT industry | Political * Restrictions on foreign recruitments * Regulations to education * Regulations to the industry * Regulations at emerging markets | Economic * Fluctuations and unpredictable behaviours of foreign currency * Trade cycles * Economic growth rates (around the world) * Disposable income level of people * Demand and supply...
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...Limited | | Type | Public company | Traded as | BSE: 532540 NSE: TCS | Industry | IT services IT consulting | Founded | 1968 | Headquarters | Mumbai, Maharashtra, India | Area served | Worldwide | Key people | Ratan Tata (Chairman) S Ramadorai (VC) N. Chandrasekaran (CEO & MD) | Products | TCS Bancs Digital Certification Products Healthcare Management Systems | Services | Outsourcing BPO Software Products | Revenue | US$ 8.355 billion (2011)[1] | Profit | US$ 2.024 billion (2011)[1] | Total assets | US$ 7.215 billion (2011)[1] | Total equity | US$ 5.499 billion (2011)[1] | Employees | 2,15000 (May 2011)[1] | Parent | Tata Group | Website | TCS.com | | | Tata Consultancy Services Limited (TCS) (BSE: 532540, NSE: TCS) is an Indian IT services, business solutions and outsourcing company headquartered in Mumbai, India. It is the largest provider of information technology in Asia and second largest provider of business process outsourcingservices in India.[2][3] TCS has offices in over 47 countries with more than 142 branches across the globe and is a subsidiary of textiles and manufacturingconglomerate Tata Group. ------------------------------------------------- History It began as the "Tata Computer Centre", for the company Tata Group whose main business was to provide computer services to other group companies. F C Kohli was the first general manager. J. R. D. Tata was the first chairman, followed by Pankaj Roy.[citation...
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...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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...Chapter 2 IT Infrastructure and Support Systems IT at Work IT at Work 2.1 Western Petro Controls Costs with its Trade Management System For Further Exploration: Which processes are being automated and why? PetroMan is a comprehensive trading system that triggers buying and selling activities and integrates contract management, risk management, accounting, and pipeline scheduler. Using the PetroMan, the company can place bids and automatically capture a contract for refined products; and schedule and confirm deliveries in pipelines. PetroMan also handles the resale of fuels, including electronic invoicing and a credit module that checks and tracks a customer’s credit risk. This tracking is done by hedging large purchasing contracts by selling futures on the New York Mercantile (Commodities) Exchange. By hedging, the company protects itself against the risk of a large drop in oil prices. The software is plugged directly into the primary commodity exchanges--automating the process. Why is controlling risk important? By hedging, the company protects itself against the risk of a large drop in oil prices. The software is plugged directly into the primary commodity exchanges--automating the process. Does PetroMan provide Western Petro with a competitive advantage? Explain. Competitive advantage is defined as the strategic advantage one business entity has over its rival entities within its competitive industry. Achieving Competitive Advantage strengthens and positions...
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...Networking GRADED ASSIGNMENTS ------------------------------------------------- Student Professional Experience Project NSA SPE Project 1 (to be completed by the end of NT1310): Install, Configure, Test, Maintain and/or Document the Worksite Local Area Network and Its Components Purpose The purpose of the Student Professional Experience (SPE) project is to provide you an opportunity for work experience in your field or in a related field to add to your résumé. You may have an opportunity to serve your community or work for a local employer for a project that will take between 20 and 30 hours. Project Logistics Career Services will identify an employer with needs in the following areas: Network related tasks (mostly confined to the LAN and Microsoft Windows Server 2008 environments) Students are expected to practice various skills discussed in all the technical courses in Quarters 1 through 3 of the NSA program at an employer’s site on network related tasks (more confined to the LAN and Microsoft Windows Networking with Server 2008 environments) that would involve installation, configuration, testing, maintenance and documentation of the worksite network and its components, and to properly document the technical information in all involved activities. Such documentation will be used as the source material for Items 2 and 3 defined in the Deliverables section of this document. Possible example projects could be (but are not limited to): Install/maintain/upgrade...
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...Introduction Research is generally undertaken to assist in elaborating on and uncovering the complexities of real world problems. A problem statement was outlined and research questions were raised during the researcher’s literature review. This problem statement and research questions identified in the researchers literature review requires comprehensive and extensive research and analysis to facilitate the drawing of logical conclusions. The researcher’s literature review was based on addressing BIG DATA challenges using Semantic/Cloud Technologies and gives introduction to the pertinent propositions that will guide the strategy of the researcher’s research. Overview of Research Paradigm Willis (Willis 2007) illustrates that a paradigm is a comprehensive belief system, framework or world which guides research and practice in a specific field. Due to the multidimensional nature of the problem statement and research questions derived from the researcher’s literature review, the research will design research by...
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