Assessment N
Instructions
Cloud computing can consist of any number of different components, capabilities, functions, and resources, each meeting particular business needs. Your weekly assessments will be in the form of a course-long project, addressing a particular business need and proposing a migration to cloud services that fit that need. Each week you will write a component of the overall proposal, following the directions provided. The weekly assessment submissions will be combined in to a single, cohesive and professional document.
For this assessment, select a business (either the one you work for now, or one with which you are familiar), and determine what services are currently provided in-house which may benefit from migrating to a cloud service. Examples may include data storage for collaboration and file sharing (Sharepoint), email, web services, server virtualization, etc. Research potential benefits associated with the proposed cloud service, and determine a rough estimate of cost for budgetary purposes. Write a brief 3 page IWG-formatted paper addressed to the business leader who would approve the migration (this person can be fictitious), presenting the business justification for the proposal. The paper should include a brief background to the business with the current system in place, a discussion of the proposed cloud service, and an overall idea of the timeline and cost required to migrate. Support your proposal with at least two external citations and references.