Part 1 (Midterm)

Total points possible = 20

Your paper should have the following information:

Title Page (1 point possible)

Company Information (4 points possible)

The name of the company (can be real of made up). The company should remain the same for part 1 and 2.

The size of the company

A brief description of the work the company does

The current network architecture and location(s) of the company

Business Driver (3 points possible)

Why are you proposing the business adopt cloud computing?

What deployment model are you proposing and why? (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, etc.). Note you can have multiple models based on your business type.

What is the main benefit of this business model?

Provider, Capacity, and Cost (11 points possible)

What cloud provider do you propose using (example: AWS, Google, Microsoft Azure, etc.)

Identify why you selected this company.

What is the estimated size and resource requirements needed?

Identify how you determined this.

What is the cost?

Break down the costs (i.e. software, resources, accounts, etc.)

Will the cloud be public, private, community, or hybrid?

Describe what this means and why you selected this model.

What is the future state of the IT infrastructure?

Do you plan on growing the business?

Will you need more space? Why?

Reference page (1 point possible)

Paper requirements

You paper must be written in APA format

You are NOT required to write an abstract

You must include a title page and reference page which do NOT count towards the final page count

You must cite at least 10 sources

You cannot use Wikipedia, techopedia, or any other site that can be edited by the general public

Acceptable sources

Your textbook

Any academic journal or peer reviewed paper

Any commercial or government site (AWS, Google, Microsoft, Verizon, etc.)

The minimum page count for part 1 is 5 pages. Remember, this does not include the title page or reference page.

The minimum page count for part 2 is 5 pages. The total document should be at least 10 pages.