Question 1. Impact of Long-Term Infrastructure Decisions
Read the articles Total Cost of Ownership: Factors to Consider, 9 Questions to Ask Before Signing a Cloud Computing Contract, and Strengthening Your Core with Network Infrastructure Upgrades.
Assume you are a network manager, and you are considering a long term contract for network equipment and/or services. Why is it important to consider carefully the decisions that will commit the firm for a long period of time?
Discuss three reasons for carefully considering long-term decisions, and describe three examples of how a poor decision in these areas might affect the organization's ability to be successful. Include specifics where possible. Your initial response should be a minimum of 300 words in length.
Ghazizadeh, Y. (2015, January 1). Total cost of ownership: Factors to consider. Retrieved from https://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/total-cost-of-ownership-factors-to-consider
McKendrick, J. (2013, January 14). 9 questions to ask before signing a cloud computing contract. Forbes. Retrieved from http://www.forbes.com/sites/joemckendrick/2013/01/14/9-questions-to-ask-before-signing-a-cloud-computing-contract/#6cbfbe6b78b6
Rassmussen, S. (2011, March 7). Strengthening your core with network infrastructure upgrades. Retrieved from http://www.networkworld.com/article/2200681/smb/strengthening-your-core-with-network-infrastructure-upgrades.html
Question 2. Convergence and Data Transmission
From the information discussed in this week's lecture, identify three or more data and communication types that you use regularly. The examples may be from your work setting or in your personal life. Discuss how bandwidth and compression methodologies may affect your experience with your identified data types. Provide examples of your experiences. Your initial response should be a minimum of 300 words in length.
Assignment 1
The Internet and Distributed Data
In a paper of at least two pages (excluding the title and reference pages), address the following:
The Internet is considered a ‘game changing' technology. Discuss at least three reasons why this is true.
The Internet changed the way business is conducted in today's business environment. Discuss at least two reasons you believe make this a true statement.
Define ‘Big Data'. Describe how ‘Big Data' and distributed data fit in the modern business environment.
Support your discussion by providing examples for each bullet.
Utilize a minimum of two references which may include the text and an academically sound resource, such as peer reviewed journals or industry standard publications such as informationweek.com, ACM.org, or computer.org. Paper must be formatted according to APA style guidelines
Book:
Stallings, W., & Case, T. (2013). Business data communications: Infrastructure, networking and security (7th ed.). Upper saddle river, NJ: Prentice hall.