APA References Assignment - Cloud Computing and APA Style

This assignment focuses on creating an APA-style reference page and correctly citing sources within a text. The student was provided with a list of abstracts related to cloud computing and tasked with formatting these into a proper APA reference list. The assignment also included exercises demonstrating how to incorporate in-text citations using the author-date method, ensuring each citation has a corresponding entry on the reference page. The student practiced citing various sources, including journal articles and online publications, and demonstrated the ability to format references according to APA guidelines, covering elements such as author names, publication dates, article titles, journal names, volume, issue, page numbers, and DOIs. The assignment highlights the importance of accurate citation and referencing in academic writing, and shows a practical application of APA style.

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APA Reference Page
7 Key Things to Look For Before Migrating. (2012, October). PC Quest, 39–39.
Cloud Migration Can Lift a Business Struggling with IT Issues. . (2011, March). PC
World, 29(3), 28–28.
e-Book. (2010). Ely, Cambridgeshire.
FACING UP TO CLOUD CHALLENGES. (2012, September 9). Computer Weekly, 23–25.
Misra, S. C., & Mondal, A. (2011). Identification of a company’s suitability for the adoption
of cloud computing and modelling its corresponding Return on
Investment. Mathematical and Computer Modelling, 53(3-4), 504–521. doi:
10.1016/j.mcm.2010.03.037
Payroll's Great Cloud Migration. (2012, February). NZ Business, 26(1), 39–44.
Rosado, D. G., Gómez, R., Mellado, D., & Fernández-Medina, E. (2012). Security Analysis
in the Migration to Cloud Environments. Future Internet, 4(2), 469–487.
The improvement of Live Migration in Data Center in different virtual environment. .
(2012). International Journal of Computer Science Issues (IJCSI), 9(6), 460–463.
Tziritas, N. U., Khan, S. U., Xu, C.-Z. U., Loukopoulos, T. U., & Lalis, S. U. (2013). On
minimizing the resource consumption of cloud applications using process
migrations. Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing, 73(12), 1690–1704. doi:
10.1016/j.jpdc.2013.07.020
Video's Cloudy Future . (2011, October). Security: Solutions for Enterprise Security
Leaders, 48(10), 34–36.

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Zhu, Y., Wang, S., Hu, H., Ahn, G.-J., & Ma, D. (2012). Secure Collaborative Integrity
Verification For Hybrid Cloud Environments. International Journal of Cooperative
Information Systems, 21(03), 165–197. doi: 10.1142/s0218843012410018
Exercise 2
1. According to Elsa (2011), cloud computing will change the role of IT professionals.
2. Considering internet has become part of our day to day lives, cloud computing has
become the newest service offered on the web (Chandra and Arka, 2011).
3. Both medium and small sized companies focus on the outsourcing of payroll services
(Kevin, 2012).
4. Karen (2012) discusses the issues faced by numerous business representatives on
migration to cloud computing programs from internal informal technology.
5. According to Steve (2011), various issues affect surveillance video migration to the
cloud.
6. Businesses should consider the assets necessary and the options of reverse migration
required for investments in networking, systems, and storage (Hiren, 2012).
Exercise 3
Cloud computing has become todays newest service on the web changing the roles of
IT professionals (Elsa, 2011; Chandra & Arka, 2011).
When business representatives change from internal informal technology to cloud
computing programs, they ought to consider the assets necessary and the options of reverse

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migration required for investments in networking, systems, and storage (Karen, 2012; Hiren,
2012).
As both medium and small sized companies focus on the outsourcing of cloud
computing payroll services, major security issues have grown to be a concern (Kevin, 2012;
Sumner & Rob, 2010).
Exercise 4
Every business todays is turning to cloud computing considering the advantages it
brings with it. According to Tziritas et al. (2013), “They can make savings with cloud
computing because the subscription-based online applications involved in the system will
replace expensive software licensed for individual desktops, while employees will experience
unlimited access to databases and other shared resources.” (Elsa, 2011, p.28).
Cloud computing systems make businesses to focus more on the clients and core
services. According to Tziritas et al document, “the computing nodes of a cloud system, such
that the total amount of resources consumed by the respective application is minimized.”
(Tziritas et al, 2013, p.1690). This makes businesses have an even higher production and
success rate.
Cloud computing comes with numerous business benefits but with also major issues.
Steve’s document points out issues including, “... recording policies and bandwidth, the low
price point experienced by software-as-a-service (SaaS) organizations to compared to
existing on premise solutions, and the presence of a larger ecosystem of partners that
continually consume and add to a SaaS company's content and value.” (Steve, 2011, p.34).
Therefore, businesses should analyze the readiness of its employees shifting to a cloud based
data management.