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:

1. 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.
2. Evaluate the ways that SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS are used to reduce Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) and increase Return on Investment (ROI).
3. Examine the impact to the IT support personnel when an organization embarks on the strategy stated in Question 1.
4. Analyze three considerations that the organization’s management should be aware of.
5. Examine three security issues that could arise from this type of an infrastructure.
6. Use at least three quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar websites do not qualify as quality resources.