INSY 5375 Management of Information Systems Introduction to Big data Every day, 2.5 quintillion bytes of complex, every changing data are generated. (IBM) Data comes from social sites, digital images, transaction records, and countless unknown resources. The amount of data we generate daily is enormous, and the rate it is being generated is accelerating. As we head into a future where technology dominates the global market, this pace will only continue accelerate. Businesses and other entities
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radio spectrum and satellite orbits, develops the technical standards that ensure networks and technologies seamlessly interconnect, and strives to improve access to ICTs to underserved communities worldwide, to name a few. see www.ericsson.com Amazon Web Services(AWS) is an IT infrastructure referred to as ‘cloud computing’ provides agility, elasticity, flexibility, low cost, and security to thousands of businesses worldwide. Ericcson was able to benefit from Amazon’s AWS in terms of cost reduction
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Amazon's Strategy Jeannine Worthem XBIS/219 June 17, 2012 Julie Kennedy Amazon's Strategy It is always a very nice experience to shop on-line with Amazon.com. Amazon is one of the few places that I have searched for product that it does not take me hours to find what I am looking for. They offer more in retailing than any other web site visited so far, and when online they soften the risk of mail ordering by free shipping. Sometimes they even say “Thank You” by sending bonus products
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using Internet technologies”. Cloud computing services had been provided by major vendors such as Google, Amazon, Microsoft, IBM, Hewlett-Packard, and others for business computing until recently when Apple Corporation announced iCloud for consumers. Therefore, cloud computing is now available for businesses as well as consumers. This case study will explain the how Ericsson benefitted from Amazon Web Services (AWS) in terms of cost reduction, automated software updates, remote access, and on-demand
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Stockholm and NASDAQ New York. Ericsson uses Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), and RightScale for provisioning and auto-scale functionality. They host in multiple AWS locations with failover between installations, partly based on RightScale features. Ericsson explains that its solution was built primarily using JavaSE, and hosted on Tomcat and MySQL, using HAProxy for load balancing.The company chose Amazon Web Services (AWS) because they felt AWS was
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Case Study 2: Cloud Computing CIS500: Information Systems Decision-Making 2012, December 2 How did Ericsson benefit from Amazon Web Services (AWS)? According to Amazon’s Web Service website, it gives users the option to run just about everything using their service applications. By incorporating cloud computing, users are able to cut variable costs to a more attractive scale for the business by eliminating costly administrative and hardware fees. Due to remote access, Ericsson was able to
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parts of the world (AWS Ericsson , 2012). Ericsson chose Amazon Web Services (AWS) because they felt it was the most cohesive public cloud supplier in the “Rightscale Cloud Management Platform” (Rightscale, 2012). The Ericsson team mentions that “having hosting centers in various regions was important for them. AWS also showed a better quality of service with solid management and a proven track record.” (Amazon Web Services, 2012). Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud provides a fully structured environment
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venders such as Google, Amazon, and Microsoft have provided Cloud Computing services. This paper discusses the Amazon Web Services (AWS) and evaluates the scalability, dependability, manageability, and adaptability of Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Amazon Simple Storage Service, and RightScale. Moreover, this paper examines the security concerns for cloud-based services and assesses scalability, reliability, and cost issues. Assess how Ericsson benefitted from Amazon Web Service (AWS) in terms
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include the following: 1) a description of the organization’s history, products, and their major competitors, 2) explain the current situation of the organization in the market, 3) conduct a SWOT analysis to determine what areas offer opportunities for change, 4) select three areas from the SWOT analysis and explain why the areas chosen are essential to the strategic plan, and 5) explain the method to measure the success of the strategic plan. The company that I chose to create a strategic plan for
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for the order, and then receive their order. 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
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