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Server Virtualization and Cloud Computing

This week, you have read about server virtualization and cloud computing in chapter 6 of your textbook. For your written assignment this week, complete a case study of the organization you work for (use a hypothetical or “other” organization if more applicable) that will address the following prompts:

 • Describe the organization’s environment, and evaluate its preparedness for virtualization.

• Explain Microsoft (or another product) licensing for virtualized environments.

• Recommend a configuration for shared storage; make sure to discuss the need for high availability and redundancy for virtualization for the organization.

• Explain Windows Azure capabilities for virtual machines and managing a hybrid cloud, including Windows Azure’s Internet as a Service (IaaS) and storage capabilities

Make a recommendation for cloud computer use in the organization, including a justification for your recommendations.

Your paper should meet the following requirements:

• Be approximately four to six pages in length (1200-1800 words), not including the required cover page and reference page.

• Follow APA7 guidelines. Your paper should include an introduction, a body with fully developed content, and a conclusion.

• Support your answers with the readings from the course and at least two scholarly journal articles to support your positions, claims, and observations, in addition to your textbook. The UC Library is a great place to find resources.

• Be clearly and well-written, concise, and logical, using excellent grammar and style techniques. You are being graded in part on the quality of your writing.

1. Write a post in APA format around 300-400 words which describes the difference between classification and regression, supervised and unsupervised learning, and training and testing data

Discuss in 500 words  the top 5 details that should be included in your cloud SLA.

Discussion: This week we focus on some additional terms for IT users.  This week lets discuss what a community of practice is.   Why are they important and how can they impact the culture within an organization?

Assessing risks involved in an organization IT

 Research Paper: Develop a Computer/Internet Security Policy

You have been hired as the CSO (Chief Security Officer) for an organization. Your job is to develop a computer and internet security policy for the organization that covers the following areas:

Computer and email acceptable use policy

Internet acceptable use policy

Password protection policy

Make sure you are sufficiently specific in addressing each area. There are plenty of security policy and guideline templates available online for you to use as a reference or for guidance. Your plan should reflect the business model and corporate culture of a specific organization that you select. 

Your paper should meet the following requirements:

Be approximately four pages in length and four references.

Follow APA7 guidelines. Your paper should include an introduction, a body with fully developed content, and a conclusion.

Assignment Content

1. The CEO of your company is concerned that a natural disaster could make your company’s information systems unavailable long enough to significantly impact business. Currently, critical systems like file servers, e-mail services, and applications – like HR, payroll, billing, and Customer Relationship Management (CRM) – are hosted in a local data center.
   Your job is to educate the board on the benefits and risks associated with using cloud services for business continuity and disaster recovery in order to aid their decision on whether to move to a cloud-based service or continue working from a local data center.

   Prepare a 4- to 5-page Microsoft Word document discussing the use of cloud services for business continuity and disaster recovery. 

   Include the following:

   Cloud Services for Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery:

   • Define business continuity and disaster recovery in the context of the cloud services.
   • Show the importance of disaster continuity and disaster recovery to the function of the business.
   • Risk Assessment:
   • Identify which risks can be transferred to the cloud provider based on the functions of the business.
   • Explain new risks associated with using cloud services based on the functions of the business.
   • Cost/Benefit Analysis:
   • Show the costs associated with a cloud-based solution for the business.
   • Outline the benefits associated with a cloud-based solution for the business.
   • Conclusion:
     Relate the risk assessment and cost/benefit analysis to the business continuity and disaster recovery for the needs the business.

I need zero plagiarism with this assignment 

change the method of answers 

and add some sentences 

Prepare a one page APA style paper about blockchain applications. In the paper be sure to (1) define the parameters of blockchain applications, (2) address why they are needed, (3) discuss the different types and (4) discuss how the current markets could benefit from the use of such applications. Use at least 2 sources in this paper (and please be sure to cite them in the paper). Follow the writing guidelines for this course.

Note: Select a unique company. dont select facebook, apple, select small companies 

Consider your own company or one that you know well. What are the strategically relevant factors for the industry and your company within this macro-environment? What strategic moves are rivals likely to make and why? What factors are driving changes in this industry and why?  Keeping in mind the role that interpreting environmental factors will play in analyzing a case, what do you see as the most important external data you would want this organization to have in any strategic planning process, and why?  How does this discussion board relate to our coursework this week?  Be specific.

Your initial response to the discussion question should be 250 words. You must have at least one course (our text) and one non-course scholarly/peer-reviewed source in your initial posting.  Sources require in-text citations and must be incorporated into the body of the post in addition to a full APA citation at the end of the post.