Assignment
Case Study: Cloud Computing Models
Export controls place restrictions on the export of software and technology in the USA and they play a significant role in foreign policy and national security. Imagine that you are a CIO at a U.S.-based international shoe manufacturing company. You are ready to make the change to a geographically distributed cloud-based computing model, but have some reservations as they relate to security, policy, and redundancy. Your primary goal is to address these issues as you maintain redundant services with 99.999% availability to your international Web customers, retailers, and manufacturing operations. It has been recommended that you read "Addressing Export Control in the Age of Cloud Computing".
Write a five to seven page paper in which you:
1. Describe the policy questions and issues your company might face.
2. Describe the cloud-based services that you would likely select to afford the services noted above.
3. Specify and defend the:
4. security reasons for your selection.
5. policy reasons for your selection.
6. redundancy reasons for your selection.
7. Analyze the extent that export controls play in your cloud-based solution.
8. Create a graphic rendering of your proposed solution using Visio or an equivalent such as Open Project, Dia, or OpenOffice. Note: The graphically depicted solution is not included in the required page length.
9. Use at least three quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources.
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.
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:
• Summarize business applications that can migrate to the cloud.
• Compare and contrast the technologies that enable cloud computing.
• Analyze the migration steps and challenges in migrating to cloud-based environments.
• Develop a cloud-based solution to address a proposed business problem.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in cloud computing environments.
• Write clearly and concisely about cloud & virtual computing topics using proper writing mechanics and technical style conventions.