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Assignment - Virtualization and the Cloud Computing World
Overview
The popularity and rapid adoption of Software as a Service (SaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), and Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) by a number of organizations have impacted internal IT/IS departments. These services provide a virtualization infrastructure that covers data storage, networking, desktop computing, mobile computing, and so on.
Instructions
Describe at least three items that an organization's IT/IS department should consider when an organization's strategy calls for the use of SaaS, PaaS, or IaaS.
Evaluate the ways that SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS are used to reduce Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) and increase Return on Investment (ROI).
Examine the impact on the IT support personnel when an organization embarks on the strategy described in the first bulleted point.
Analyze three considerations that the organization's management should be aware of.