Assignment

Write a report that details the possible cost savings with adopting cloud-based solutions and the benefits of using cloud services. Research at least 2 cloud-based providers, and select 1 the following service lines as the basis of your analysis:

Human Resources

Supply Chain

General Office Function (such as e-mail and collaboration tools)

Your analysis should also give consideration to the following topics for the 2 providers you selected in comparison to an on-premise type of deployment:

Speed of deployment

Costs (when possible)

Service offerings

Elastic scaling

Vendor lock-in

Finally, identify the cloud type that might be most appropriate for the service line you selected out of the following:

Public

Private

Community

Hybrid

You may use the following sample as a guide for any cost analysis you wish to consider. The table represents some sample costs that a firm may incur for hosting an on-premise solution to support a business service. The table contains sample cost allocations for IT hosting an on-premise business service.

Asset

Expenditure

One-Time Cost

Annual Expenses

Recurring costs (every 4 years)

Hardware.