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
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using a public cloud.” (http://www.10gea.org/cloud/is-amazon-cloud-the-only-solution-you-should-consider/) Amazon Cloud is the oldest cloud service; they are the most trusted because it has been around longer than any other Cloud service. “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.” (http://aws.amazon.com/ec2/) Amazon offers a free tier for the first year of service
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Information Security BIS/320 Information Security Kroenke, D.M. (2012) states that SDLC or Systems development life cycle is a conventional method of information systems development. To survive in the market, Amazon Corporation have put major thrust on areas like research, development and building new information systems. SDLC process comes in different versions with varying number of steps. Some go for the eight step
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Table of Contents 1.0 Background description of Amazon.com 3 2.0 What is Big Data? 4 2.1 The Business View 5 2.2 Technical View 5 3.0 Amazon.com and Big Data 6 4.0 Identification of Amazon.com’s "Big Data" needs 6 5.0 Big Data problems to be solved and Big Data solutions 6 6.0 What are AWS (Amazon.COM web services) problems and what is the solution for it 8 6.1 Kinesis other advantages 9 7.0 Conclusion 10 8.0 References 11 1.0 Background description of Amazon.com
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to the IT infrastructure of cloud computing. This concept allows its users to only pay for the resources or services AWS provides at the time of usage (on demand availability), not a whole new package, therefore making it cost effective. Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) Amazon EC2 is a portion of AWS, where “typically real-time scalable resources are provided ‘as a service’ over the Internet to users who need not have knowledge of, expertise in, or control over the technology infrastructure
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Case Study 2: Cloud Computing Cloud computing is defined by Cearly and Phifer in their case study titled “Case Studies in Cloud Computing” as “a style of computing in which scalable and elastic IT-related capabilities are provided ‘ as a service’ to customers 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
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Case Study Amazon’s New Store: Utility Computing Name: Institution: Course: Tutor: Date: Case Study Amazon’s New Store: Utility Computing Introduction Back in the year 1995, Amazon was opened as a bookstore, one that has grown over the years and morphed into a large reputable internet based company. One of the largest virtual superstores today in the world, Amazon offers up to thirty six categories of products. Jewelry, furniture, clothing and groceries are just but a few of the products
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audits: PCI DSS Level 1, ISO 27001, FISMA Moderate, HIPAA, and SAS 70 Type II. Our services and data centers have multiple layers of operational and physical security to ensure the integrity and safety of your data (About AWS, pg.1, 2012). Amazon Elastic
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Business Information Systems BIS/219 August 17, 2010 Xuan Yu In this team paper we will be discussing the strategies of Amazon.com to see whether the Internet icon is moving away from being the number one leader online. We will be showing different areas to see if Amazon.com is using the right strategy to compete with Google and Microsoft. We find the different issues concerning the database and data management with Amazon.com. Finally
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University CIS 500 Professor Dr. Robert Culver May 28,2012 Evaluate the scalability, dependability, manageability, and adaptability of Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), Amazon Simple Storage Services (Amazon S3), and RightScale? Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) EC2 introduces a new paradigm for web hosting. By allowing developers to scale their number of machines up or down within minutes, it offers the capability to create distributed
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