Compare and contrast the use of Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) to internal investment.
Assignment 1: Your Mobile Ordering Project team needs to provide a summary of your analysis findings to IT leadership and other department stakeholders. You are assigned to create the material.
Create material that:
- Illustrates the current information system, capturing data from in-store ordering and payment processes
- Illustrates the new information system that will be needed when mobile ordering and payment is added
- Identifies potential uses of cloud computing technology, including the names of the cloud type and likely cloud computing services
- Identifies the security vulnerabilities the new information system could create
- Provides recommendations to mitigate security concerns
- Identifies any ethical and privacy concerns leadership should review.
Use diagrams to illustrate the information systems mentioned above. You can create diagrams using Microsoft® Word, Microsoft® PowerPoint®, Microsoft® Visio® or another program of your choice.
Document your summary using one of the following options:
- A 1- to 2-page Microsoft® Word document
- A 10- to 12-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation with detailed speaker notes
Assignment 2: You are an IT specialist in a private medical practice. The practice includes three physical locations and 35 employees.
Until now, all IT technology and software was fully managed on-premises. However, the practice is adding another location and five new employees. Your organization will need additional storage capacity and computing power.
You have been asked to investigate available cloud computing options and recommend whether cloud computing should be used or whether the investment should be made to maintain 100% internal IT management.
Compare and contrast the use of Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) to internal investment.
Include the following in your comparison:
- The benefits of each
- The risks or vulnerabilities of each
- Additional information you would need to make a recommendation for which would most align with the organization’s needs
Document your summary using one of the following options:
- A 1- to 2-page Microsoft® Word chart or table
- A 6- to 8-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation with detailed speaker notes
- A Microsoft® Excel® spreadsheet formatted for printing
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