Cloud Computing and IT Services - APA - 6 pages - Due 17 Oct - 4 References

Requirements: 

1) APA 6th Ed format

2 ) Due 17 October 

3) 6 Pages (not including title page and references)

4) Minumum 4 References

5) Plagiarism-Free

Background:

The Assignment for this module involves thinking systematically about the IT services movement in general and about cloud computing as a particular instance of that approach.   IT services is a general philosophy of organization of IT management, while cloud computing is a rather specific set of solutions to some not terribly well-defined problems; solutions that remove from the organization both costs and responsibilities. Often, cloud computing appears to be a solution in search of a problem. The reason why we've chosen to combine them here is because, as you have noted from the sources, the proponents of cloud computing often herald it as a particularly strong instance of the IT services approach. Cloud computing removes the responsibility of managing all that technology from a particular firm. Of course, it also removes from the organization control of its information future and even of its basic data in many cases; it also can cost quite a lot of money which disappears into the services sector rather than into the hard assets category. While clearly confiding your IT management to cloud-based providers reduces the influence of technologists relative to that of information users, it is considerably less certain that users are always better served in the cloud then they would be if they kept their old techno-geek folks still chained in the basement to the old mainframe. 

Assignment:

Your task is now to try to resolve this question at least in part. When you have read through the articles and related material, please compose a 4- to 6-page critical analysis paper, following the general point/counterpoint model described below, on the topic:

"Cloud computing and IT Services"

• Provide a discussion on the benefits and issues of cloud computing. When should a firm purchase its IT services from the Cloud? What is the implication for  IT oversight and the firm’s governance of those systems? If the firm moves to an Open Source environment, how will its data be secured and strategic advantage gained over the competition?

You Will Be Particularly Assessed On

• Your informed commentary and analysis—simply repeating what your sources say does not constitute an adequate paper.


• Your ability to apply the professional language and terminology of IT systems and services correctly and in context; you are expected to be familiar with this language and use it appropriately.


• Use at least the references included below:

 Navavati, M., Colp, P., Aiello, B., & Warefield, A. (2014). Cloud security: A gathering storm. Communications of the ACM.  57 (5), 70–79. 

 Galup, S. D., Dattero, D., Quan, J., & Conger, S. (2009). An overview of IT service management. Communications of the ACM, 52(5). 124–127. [ACM digital library] 

 Katzan, H. (2010). On an ontological view of cloud computing. Journal of Service Science, 3(1), 1–6. [ProQuest] 

 Chang, V., Bacigalupo, D., Wills, G., & Roure, D. E. (2010). Categorization of cloud computing business models.