INTRODUCTION Times R Us is planning to expand in size shortly‚ and would like to explore options for Cloud Computing - to obtain an understanding of the benefits‚ explore options‚ and obtain recommendations. The focus of this document will be on the Private Cloud (SaaS‚ IaaS‚ PaaS) as opposed to the Public Cloud. Saas may be defined as software residing on a website‚ provided on a subscritpion basis - popularized by Salesforce.com; TRU provides the data‚ vendor provides everything else Paas may
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Cloud Intelligence. There are 3 new things in the cloud intelligence compared to the old business intelligence. 1. Elasticity Dynamic on-demand pro-visioning of resources. For cloud computing‚ this term has mostly been used in relation to scaling up/down the performance‚ e.g.‚ the number of processing nodes. While this form of elasticity is obviously also relevant for cloud intelligence‚ an even more important type of elasticity is the ability to dynamically bring in new data sources to meet
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Secured Wireless Sensor Network-integrated Cloud computing for u-Life Care (SC3). SC3 monitors human health‚ activities‚ and shares information among doctors‚ caregivers‚ clinics‚ and pharmacies in the Cloud‚ so that users can have better care with low cost. SC3 incorporates various technologies with novel ideas including; sensor networks‚ Cloud computing security‚ and activities recognition. 1. INTRODUCTION 1.1. What is Cloud Computing? The Cloud computing‚ coined in late of 2007‚ currently
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TECHNOLOGY Why Cloud Computing Matters to Finance By Ron Gill‚ CMA‚ CFM When was the last time you upgraded your ERP system? If the answer is “not in recent memory‚” then you aren’t alone. About two-thirds of mid-sized businesses are running old versions of their enterprise resource planning (ERP) system—in some cases‚ it’s software that’s three or more versions old. This is the legacy of decades of on-premise (in-house) software deployments‚ incremental releases that never seemed worth the
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Introduction to Cloud Computing architecture White Paper 1st Edition‚ June 2009 Abstract Cloud computing promises to increase the velocity with which applications are deployed‚ increase innovation‚ and lower costs‚ all while increasing business agility. Sun takes an inclusive view of cloud computing that allows it to support every facet‚ including the server‚ storage‚ network‚ and virtualization technology that drives cloud computing environments to the software that runs in virtual
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[pic] Cloud Computing: Web-Based Applications That Change the Way You Work and Collaborate Online Table of Contents Copyright ..................................................................................................... 1 About the Author ........................................................................................ 3 Acknowledgments ....................................................................................... 3 We Want to Hear from You! ........................
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Case Study: How Secure is the Cloud? CSQ1: Although cloud computing have the potential to deliver powerful benefits‚ they pose new challenges to system security and reliability. Cloud computing is indeed cloudy‚ and due to lack of transparency it creates so many problems. One of the major security issue is cloud computing is highly distributed. Cloud applications and application mash-ups reside in virtual libraries in large remote data centers and server mainly supplies business services and data
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About This Book License The Little Cloud Foundry Book book is licensed under the Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported license. You should not have paid for this book. Donations are totally fine‚ though :) You are basically free to copy‚ distribute‚ modify or display the book. However‚ you must attribute the book to Jonathan ``Duke’’ Leto and Leto Labs LLC and not use it for commercial purposes. To be clear: if you want to read this book to make you better at doing your job‚ wonderful
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several advantages to working with cloud data in business. Cloud computing is probably the most cost efficient method to use‚ maintain and upgrade. Traditional desktop software costs companies a lot in terms of finance. Adding up the licensing fees for multiple users can prove to be very expensive for the establishment concerned. The cloud‚ on the other hand‚ is available at much cheaper rates and hence‚ can significantly lower the company’s IT expenses. The cloud provides almost unlimited storage
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Closing Case - Planning for Rise of Cloud Computing at Microsoft 1.) Cloud computing has become a new trend in the technology world. It is the upcoming stage for the Internet where every computing need can be accessed through a web browser at anytime‚ anywhere. It is also very economically appealing because the cost is so cheap. Cloud services have the potential to reduce information technology (IT) costs‚ increase operating efficiencies and create new types of business opportunities. So‚ what
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