Cloud Computing Analysis and Recommendation for MetaSoft

This report provides a comprehensive analysis of cloud computing solutions for MetaSoft Ltd. It begins with a PowerPoint presentation outlining cloud computing concepts, characteristics, and the benefits for MetaSoft. The report then delves into office automation approaches, comparing ad hoc and structured methods, and recommending the ad hoc approach for its simplicity and speed. Further, the report investigates the differences between IaaS and PaaS, recommending IaaS for MetaSoft's cloud migration due to its security and efficiency. Finally, it explores IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS models, recommending IaaS for SharePoint services, and addressing potential problems like higher implementation costs and lack of server control, along with their solutions. The report draws upon various academic sources to support its recommendations.

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Table of Contents
Part 1: PowerPoint Presentation for Meta Soft...........................................................................................2
Title Slide.................................................................................................................................................2
Cloud Computing.....................................................................................................................................2
Characteristics of Cloud Computing........................................................................................................3
Concepts of Cloud Computing.................................................................................................................3
Why cloud is good for MetaSoft?............................................................................................................4
IaaS..........................................................................................................................................................4
PaaS.........................................................................................................................................................5
SaaS.........................................................................................................................................................5
Recommendation for MetaSoft Ltd.........................................................................................................6
References..............................................................................................................................................6
Thank you Slide.......................................................................................................................................7
Part 2: Report on Office Automation Approaches.......................................................................................8
2.a Two Approaches for MetaSoft...........................................................................................................8
2.b Ad Hoc Approach with Benefits and Issues.......................................................................................8
2.c Structured Approach with Benefits and Issues..................................................................................9
2.d Recommendation for Selecting an Approach....................................................................................9
Part 3: Report on Migration to IaaS or PaaS..............................................................................................10
3.a Differences between IaaS and PaaS Infrastructures........................................................................10
Part 4: Report on Recommendation about Cloud Models.........................................................................12
4.a Differences between IaaS, PaaS and SaaS.......................................................................................12
4.b Recommendation for Appropriate Model for SharePoint Service...................................................13
4.c Problems and Solutions of the Recommended Model....................................................................14
References.................................................................................................................................................15
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Part 1: PowerPoint Presentation for Meta Soft
Title Slide
Cloud Computing
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Characteristics of Cloud Computing
Concepts of Cloud Computing
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Why cloud is good for MetaSoft?
IaaS
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PaaS
SaaS
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Recommendation for MetaSoft Ltd.
References
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Thank you Slide
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Part 2: Report on Office Automation Approaches
2.a Two Approaches for MetaSoft
One of the first undertakings of the MetaSoft Ltd organization is providing their staffs, the
significant ability in accessing office automation like spreadsheet capabilities, word processing, online
storage for files and emails (Arora, Parashar & Transforming, 2013). The entire board of MetaSoft is
concerned about the several critical issues. For this purpose, office automation approaches would be
effective. Two approaches will be extremely effective for them to provide office automation to the staffs
of MetaSoft Ltd.
The two approaches are Ad Hoc approach and structured approach. Office automation can be
defined as the significant computer machineries as well as software that are utilized together for
digitally creating, collecting, storing, manipulating and finally relaying the office information required to
accomplish the basic tasks (Dinh et al., 2013). The most significant benefit of this office automation
system is that this particular system has the ability to accomplish every task faster. Moreover, it can
eliminate the requirement of huge number of staffs. Ad Hoc approach and structured approach would
be extremely effective for MetaSoft Ltd.
2.b Ad Hoc Approach with Benefits and Issues
Ad hoc approach is the first and the foremost suitable approach for the MetaSoft Ltd. This
approach signifies a simple solution that is being designed for any particular task or problem and is not
intended to be adapted to any other purpose (Hashem et al., 2015). The major feature of the ad hoc
approach is that no specific procedure is required to complete testing here.
Following are the few benefits of this approach:
i) Extremely Simple: This approach could be easily applied and hence is very simple.
ii) Faster: Ad hoc approach is much faster than the rest.
iii) No Complexity: This is considered as the simplest approach and there is complexity
(Fernando, Loke & Rahayu, 2013).
However, few issues are also present. Following are the two issues of this approach:
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i) Testing Dependency: This approach cannot be completed without the tester and hence is
dependent.
ii) Lack of Procedures: There are no processes present in this approach and thus it is not at
structured.
2.c Structured Approach with Benefits and Issues
The second approach for MetaSoft Ltd. is the structured approach. This particular approach is
different from the ad hoc approach (Li et al., 2013). A proper structure is being followed in this approach
and thus the guarantee of the cloud provider is efficiently evaluated. Due to the structured approach,
the execution of office automation is much easier.
Following are the few benefits of this approach:
i) Follows Processes: The most important advantage of this approach is that it follows
approaches.
ii) User Friendly: Another significant benefit of the structured approach is that it is absolutely
user friendly and thus is used by all.
In spite of having these benefits, there are few issues that are dangerous for the clients
(Rittinghouse & Ransome, 2016). The vital issues of structured approach are given below:
i) Provides Erroneous Data: The most important issue of this approach is that it is responsible
for providing erroneous data to the clients.
ii) Extremely Slow: The next issue of the structured approach is that due to the structural or
procedural approach, it is extremely slow and thus it becomes major issue for the organization.
2.d Recommendation for Selecting an Approach
The recommendation for MetaSoft Ltd organization for their office automation system is the ad
hoc approach. This would be extremely advantageous for the organization, since it does not follow any
structure and thus is very fast than the structured approach (Garg, Versteeg & Buyya, 2013). The
efficiency is very high and could be easily implemented in any business. Hence, the best approach for
this particular organization is the ad hoc approach.
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Part 3: Report on Migration to IaaS or PaaS
3.a Differences between IaaS and PaaS Infrastructures
MetaSoft Ltd is the software developing organization that has clients in Australia and New
Zealand. They have decided to shift some of their computer infrastructure to the Cloud. The
organizational responsiveness and flexibility will be considered so that these are increased within
MetaSoft Ltd (Xiao, Song & Chen, 2013). They have even thought of achieving some savings to maintain
the ICT infrastructure. MetaSoft Ltd have 100 software engineering as well as support staffs for working
on the various projects. They would be getting major advantages from this movement.
The main differences between infrastructure as a service and platform as a service are as
follows:
Key Features Infrastructure as a Service Platform as a Service
1. Definition The infrastructure service of cloud,
which helps in providing a specific
virtualized infrastructure for accessing
and monitoring resources, is termed as
IaaS (Hashizume et al., 2013).
The infrastructure service of cloud,
which helps in providing an application
platform to create the customized
applications, is termed as PaaS.
2. Characteristics i) Better resource availability.
ii) Extremely secured.
iii) Scalable, flexible and dynamic.
i) Virtualized technology.
ii) Integrates web services and
databases (Jain & Paul, 2013).
iii) Access of application.
3. Benefits i) IaaS provides better security.
ii) IaaS even provides infrastructure
control.
iii) The third advantage is its super
flexibility (Krishna, 2013).
i) PaaS is easily available.
ii) Helps in reducing the coding
amount.
iii) PaaS allows easy migration to cloud.
4. Examples Amazon Web Services, Rackspace and
Microsoft Azure.
Windows Azure, Apache Stratos and
Google App Engine.
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