Assignment: Virtualization and the Cloud Computing World
The popularity and rapid adoption of Software as a Service (SaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), and Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) by a number of organizations has impacted internal IT / IS departments. These services provide a virtualization infrastructure that covers data storage, networking, desktop computing, mobile computing, and so on.
Write a two to three page paper in which you:
• Describe at least three items that an organization's IT / IS department should consider when an organization's strategy calls for the use of SaaS, PaaS, or IaaS.
• Evaluate the ways that SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS are used to reduce Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) and increase Return on Investment (ROI).
• Examine the impact to the IT support personnel when an organization embarks on the strategy stated in Question 1.
• Analyze three considerations that the organization's management should be aware of.
• Examine three security issues that could arise from this type of an infrastructure.
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
i) The answer should be typed, using Times New Roman font (size 12), double spaced, with one-inch margins on all sides.
ii) 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.
iii) Also include a reference page. The Citations and references must follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.