Information Technology

Virtual Team Assignment #1

Cloud Computing: Netflix’s massive migration to the Amazon cloud

Description

Netflix moved huge portions of its streaming operation to Amazon Web Services (AWS) and finally completed

its giant shift to the cloud last year. Read the following article and watch the videos about the Netflix case

study, and explore more about cloud computing services on AWS site.

Article: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/02/netflix-finishes-its-massive-migration-

to-the-amazon-cloud/

Video URL: https://aws.amazon.com/solutions/case-studies/netflix/

Answer these questions: 1-What new terms were introduced? 2-What new ideas were introduced? 3-What did

you learn? 4-How can you use this in organizations?

Submission

Due date and time

• Individual posts (Due date: 10/10 at 2 PM on Group Discussion Board)

• Assignment submissions (Due date: 10/10 at 11:59 PM)

The team leader will need to submit the virtual team assignment (the summary of members’ posts) to

Blackboard under Assignments section. The assignment should be submitted in a Word or PDF file. Click on

the virtual team assignment to browse the file and submit it (e.g., VT#1). Each submission must include the

virtual team number, the names of every group member who participate in the assignment and those who

do not post anything on Group Discussion Board or do not make any contribution to the assignment. If

the team leader does not submit the assignment, the entire team will receive a zero unless someone in the team

takes over the leader’s role and complete the submission. This must be noted in Comments area when

submitting the assignment.

Ask for help if you don’t understand. Only submissions on Blackboard will be accepted. NO hard copy please!!

Grading

This assignment is worth 5% of your overall IST101 grade and will be graded based on the quality of paragraph

organization and the answers to those questions. There is no limit on maximum pages.