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Story - The Appliance Model
New approaches to delivering systems and services are emerging all the time, including, for example desktop as a service. One new approach is the appliance model. Computer weekly describes this approach as: "In the appliance model, the supplier commits to preloading hardware with the necessary operating system and database, all tuned to data warehouse-type workloads in advance. Although further refinement will be necessary to optimise to the business's specific demands, the appliance comes out of the box more attuned to the needs of a data warehouse than a generic transactional database. "
Tasks
Explain the appliance model. In what way is it a commoditisation of information systems?
Investigate and present the offerings of some suppliers. Compare what they offer in order to summarize the concept and characteristics of a big data appliance.
Explain the connection with big data.
This is how IBM pitch their appliance:"Why IBM for Data Warehouse Appliances With simple deployment, out-of-the-box optimisation, no tuning and minimal on-going maintenance, the IBM Netezza data warehouse appliance has the industry's fastest time-to-value and lowest total-cost-of-ownership."Unpack this statement and explain the concepts in it.
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Identify the benefits of cloud computing
: Explain the difference between private cloud, public cloud and hybrid cloud. Using a case study, demonstrate how a company uses cloud services.
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Describe what are enterprise systems
: Describe what are enterprise systems and how do they benefit businesses; explain why we use Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
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What are the main problems developing countries have
: What are the main problems developing countries have concerning the deployment and effective use of information systems?How do National IT strategies help
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Omni-channel retailing
: We took a look at Omni-Channel Retailing this week. As you've seen, our pandemic has led to the closure or at least declaration of bankruptcy by many "brick and
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Investigate and present the offerings of some suppliers
: Investigate and present the offerings of some suppliers. Compare what they offer in order to summarize the concept and characteristics of a big data appliance
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Evaluate the impact on the pricing model
: 1. Evaluate the impact on the pricing model of one-time fee based model on ERP Advisors (which became Hosted SP) and ERP Advisors' customers
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How does it work and what are its benefits
: Provide a review of the various approaches to IT charging, both as an internal process and as part of IT outsourcing and What is an IT chargeback model?
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Outline four risks to lego
: 1. Outline four (4) risks to LEGO that they would need to consider to ensure its successful implementation. Your discussion of the risks needs to be relevant to
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What is the current trend
: What is the current trend? Are more companies outsourcing IT and IT services to countries such as India, Philippines etc., or are services returning
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