Need Response 2 to below discussion-IT cloud

Please read the below discussion and provide the response in 75 to 100 words for each discussion post

Post1#

 

The education industry has been selected for this discussion. The clouding technology trend is increasing in the modern world. Companies prefer the use of cloud computing technology for saving their data and services and all the work performed on a day to day basis. But, when we look forward to the use of this technology in the education industry, in higher educational institutions there are some risks and confusion associated with it. The decision making of technology is on the basis of three main factors. If technology is able to meet those requirements then it is good to use otherwise it requires some changes. The three main factors are data security, customization, and lastly financial ties. These are well explained below:

            Data security and control: the decision-makers hesitate with the use of cloud computing technology as the data security and control is provided to them via on-premises computer systems structure and server rooms. From these rooms, the decision-makers can save, edit, or delete the data very easily without the requirement of the extra efforts. When a service is provided by a third party then it is always considered as it can be breached and the staff can lose control over it. The person using technology has to share the access key as the same space would have used but the whole college staff and students are also allowed to save on it to make the data secure. Companies like Microsoft spend $1billion on data security. “Governments, as well as organizations, have migrated their entire or most of the IT infrastructure to the cloud. With the emergence of IoT devices and big data, the amount of data forwarded to the cloud has increased to a huge extent” (Chaudhary, 2018).

Customization: the customization of cloud computing technology is very difficult. The staff members are less prone to changes and thus feel happy to use old methods. The companies producing clouding technology have considered one and developed SaaS but everywhere demand is different depending upon the structure of the institution. The old traditional way of decision making is much cheaper and time-saving in comparison to cloud computing technology. “A systematic review of these heterogeneous contributions, which provide a coherent taxonomy, can be considered interesting for HEIs to identify opportunities to use CC in its own context” (Qasem, 2019).

Financials: the cloud computing is a cost-consuming technology that disturbs the financial structure of the company when they think fit. The main decision that institutes have to take is about deciding the use of information that is already saved in the servers. The institutes decide the usage of cloud technology when they suffer from the lack of storage of large amounts of data. The movement of such data is very difficult. There can be compatibility issues also which institutes might suffer from the service provider companies. “With these inclusions, the model is appropriate and relevant in explaining users’ adoption and usage behavior of social media” (Dumpit, 2017).

Post2#

 

The public cloud provides many advantages over on-site virtualization, including cost savings, fast deployments, increased efficiency, scalability and flexibility, or the ability to shift budgets from capital spending to operational spending. Every organization has its own reason to dump VMware to the cloud, but few can disagree. 
In terms of cloud, higher education is also a long way behind other sectors. But slowly but surely the tide turns, and further institutions move from the cloud to the cloud. Globally, organizations are also under financial pressure but little money is available to build new and established programs. Therefore, cloud computing is mostly an understanding framework for enabling new services without needing significant hardware , software and infrastructure investments.

It’s more the cloud hype and confusion that generated a certain amount of fear, ambiguity, and doubt and thus slowed progress. Some vendors also use interchangeably the words “hosted solution” and “SaaS,” contributing to misunderstanding between institutions. Moreover, not all suppliers have done great work to show to organizations that they are more capable of handling the service than they can. The concept of cloud and the advantages it can offer for organisations to move forward must be clarified clearly by providers.
While only a few factors prevent the adoption of on-demand model delivery for business applications , it is necessary for vendors to consider and build strategies for overcoming these factors:

Institutions are concerned about security and lack of control:
“Institutions have long been familiar with the on-premise delivery model for most applications, because it is the legacy of software and because of their need to have control over their data and information” (Johal, 2015).
The reasons for institutional respect for hosts or SaaS delivery models are most frequently stated. The greatest obstacle in implementing on-demand applications has therefore emerged to resolve corporate security issues. Vendors deliver solutions through protected data centres, often using numerous firewalls and backup procedures to guarantee that data and information are never lost. Many suppliers possess the ability to hire data protection specialists, although most institutions do not.

Institutions with unique needs may have concerns about flexibility:
The ability to adjust company applications on demand to suit individual institutional needs is still obvious. Institutions have specific processes and specifications that technology vendors must meet. As many of these criteria have already been addressed by some vendors, the performance today is primarily determined by the ability of a vendor to provide better quality and reliability at lower cost. That’s where SaaS joins. A request service can help an institution provide students and faculty with better experience and save time , money and energy.
“Some institutions may argue that it reduces the freedom and flexibility to customize the application to meet their specific needs. However, it would be wise for institutions to avoid customization because it is costly to maintain, and institutions hardly ever see a return on investment (ROI)” (Johal, 2015).

Large investments have already been made in on-premise delivery models:
On-demand offerings continue to be relatively new on the technology market , particularly among higher education vendors. Some vendors like Salesforce.com have a strong reputation and all types of software solutions have a SaaS option. But several institutions are also reluctant to adapt to on-demand models. In the past, early technology adopters have made substantial investments in its on-site data centers and IT infrastructure due to the lack of distribution options available.

discussion

 We learn from our readings that the use of mobile devices in our society today has indeed become ubiquitous.  In addition, CTIA asserted that over 326 million mobile devices were in use within The United States as of December 2012 – an estimated growth of more than 100 percent penetration rate with users carrying more than one device with notable continues growth.  From this research, it’s evident that mobile computing has vastly accelerated in popularity over the last decade due to several factors noted by the authors in our chapter reading. In consideration with this revelation, identify and name these factors, and provide a brief discussion about them. 

IT OutSourcing and Cloud Computing

 According to recent surveys, China, India, and the Philippines are the three most popular countries for IT outsourcing. Write a short paper (2 paragraphs) explaining what the appeal would be for US companies to outsource IT functions to these countries. You may discuss cost, labor pool, language, or possibly government support as your reasons. There are many other reasons you may choose to highlight in your paper. Be sure to use your own words. 

And 

Many believe that cloud computing can reduce the total cost of computing and enhance “green computing” (environmental friendly). Why do you believe this to be correct? If you disagree, please explain why?

Presentation

 In Milestone 4 you are going to create a PowerPoint presentation that evaluates your previous 3 milestones.  The PowerPoint presentation is a minimum of 8 slides that analyze all the major findings from your research.  The title and reference slide does not count toward the presentation. You must properly APA format the slide. Utilize all the guidance from the residency to develop your PowerPoint presentation.  

Question5

 

Discuss in 500 words your opinion whether Fair Use of copyrighted material should be expanded, contracted, or left alone. Justify your choice.  

Use at least three sources. Use the Research Databases available from the Danforth Library, not Google.  Include at least 3 quotes from your sources enclosed in quotation marks and cited in-line by reference to your reference list.  Example: “words you copied” (citation) These quotes should be one full sentence not altered or paraphrased. Cite your sources using APA format. Use the quotes in your paragaphs.

Copying without attribution or the use of spinbot or other word substitution software will result in a grade of 0. 

Write in essay format not in bulleted, numbered or other list format. 

Do not use attachments as a submission. 

Reply to two classmates’ posting in a paragraph of at least five sentences by asking questions, reflecting on your own experience, challenging assumptions, pointing out something new you learned, offering suggestions. These peer responses are not ‘attaboys’.   You should make your initial post by Thursday evening so your classmates have an opportunity to respond before Sunday.at midnight when all three posts are due. 

It is important that you use your own words, that you cite your sources, that you comply with the instructions regarding length of your post and that you reply to two classmates in a substantive way (not ‘nice post’ or the like).  Your goal is to help your colleagues write better. Do not use spinbot or other word replacement software. It usually results in nonsense and is not a good way to learn anything. . I will not spend a lot of my time trying to decipher nonsense. Proof read your work or have it edited. Find something interesting and/or relevant to your work to write about.  Please do not submit attachments unless requested.

Business Intellegence

Discussion: Examine Alexa’s skill in ordering drinks from Starbucks. 

Discussion Questions: 

1. Some people say that chatbots are inferior for chatting. Others disagree. Discuss. 

2. Discuss the financial benefits of chatbots. 

3. Discuss how IBM Watson will reach 1 billion people by 2018 and what the implications of that are. 

Exercises: 

1.  Compare the chatbots of Facebook and WeChat. Which has more functionalities? 

2.  Research the role of chatbots in helping patients with dementia. 

3.  Microsoft partners with the government of Singapore to develop chatbots for e-services. Find out how this is done. 

discussion

 

Discussion

R is a language and environment for statistical computing and graphics. It is a GNU project which is similar to the S language and environment which was developed at Bell Laboratories (formerly AT&T, now Lucent Technologies) by John Chambers and colleagues. R can be considered as a different implementation of S. There are some important differences, but much code written for S runs unaltered under R.

Reply post

Why are statistical programming languages important to data scientists? What are some advantages and disadvantages the R programming language has over the other main statistical programming languages (i.e. Python, SAS, SQL)?

When replying to a classmate, offer your opinion on what they posted comparing the R programming language to the other statistical programming languages. Using at least 3 – 5 sentences, explain why you agreed or disagreed with their evaluation of the different statistical programming languages.

Final exam exemption

For the following program: 

1) Create an algorithm called exemptAlgorithm.txt 

2) Create the source code called exempt.py

3) Upload your algorithm and source code

Exempt

You will be writing a program to determine whether or not a student is exempt from the final exam 

Your program should do the following:

• Prompt the user for a student’s average and number of days missed.  

 Input Validation:  

• Average must be between 0 and 100 

• Number of days missed cannot be less than 0.      

Be sure to validate each value separately! 

•  Use the following conditions to display a message indicating whether or not a student is exempt from the final exam.  If exempt, indicate why. 

o  Average is at least 96

o  Average is at least 93 and days missed are less than 3

o  Average is at least 90 and student has perfect attendance 

 

 

Grading Rubric:

Algorithm (5)   ______ 

Intro (1)    ______ 

Variables (1)   ______ 

     • Declaration 

     • Initialization 

Input Validation (3)  ______ 

Selection Structure (10) ______ 

IT incident response

wk 7team activity

 The CEO is very concerned that the company will get dragged through the media if there is a public announcement of the company systems being hacked. A competitor has recently experienced this issue and has had a 50% reduction in revenue. Your team has been requested to detail a response plan. The response plan should be in the form of a table: an action, a responsible party, and the goal of the action.  Utilize your Incident Response Plan from Week 2 to address this event.