Discussion 15

Select from the following list four (4) topics and discuss. Use only 70-words max per topic to discuss and present your answer.  The discussion questions this week are from Chapter's 19-20  (Jamsa, 2013).

Chapter 19 topics:

• Define scalability.
• List five to ten potential relationships that align with the Pareto principle, such as how 80 percent of sales come from 20 percent of customers.
• Compare and contrast vertical and horizontal scaling.
• Explain the importance of the database read/write ratio.
• Assume a site guarantees 99.99 percent uptime. How many minutes per year can the site be down?

Chapter 20 topics:

• List and describe five ways you think the cloud will change the future of TV.
• List and describe five potential uses for intelligent fabric.
• List and describe five ways the cloud will influence the mobile application market, or vice versa.
• Discuss the importance of HTML 5.
• Discuss how the cloud will impact future operating systems.
• List and describe three potential location-aware applications.
• List and describe five ways intelligent devices may work together.

NOTE: You are required to use at least two-peer reviewed sources (besides your textbook) to answer the above questions.