Lab Paper Assignment
You are hired as a consultant for a small size distributor of kitchen appliances. The company, Acme Kitchens, sells products on the Internet and at its retail store. The primary software used by the company is a proprietary point-of-sale (PoS) application running on a locally installed SQL server. The company maintains its own website hosted by a national hosting company.
ACME Kitchens is considering moving the PoS application and all the related customer and products data to AZURE public cloud. You are hired to advise ACME Kitchens on what specific AZURE services and deployment tools should be used for this project.
ACME management asked you to prepare a report (3-5 pages) that would address all the management's concerns. You should research AZURE Cloud Services and respond to the following questions in your report. Your recommendations should take into account the specifics of ACME Kitchens PoS application data and its uses. You report should address all of the following issues in 4 parts.
1. Define Microsoft Azure Cloud Services offerings
2. What are the business benefits to ACME Kitchens by using Azure Cloud Services? (Benefits are NOT the same as features).
3. Describe specific scenario how Azure cloud service could be utilized to complete ACME Kitchens PoS deployment. For example, list specific tools, applications, API, deployment steps, SLAs, security considerations, etc... to get ACME Kitchens PoS application to be completely converted to and become operational on the AZURE Cloud Service platform.
4. Conclusion - summarize your recommendations for ACME Kitchens.
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
1. The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.