Computing Infrastructure Proposal for Medical Consultancy Expansion

This report presents an infrastructure proposal for a medical consultancy, addressing the need to upgrade its IT infrastructure to support its expansion. The report begins with an introduction outlining the scenario, which involves a firm providing remote medical consultancies expanding its operations and the need for an infrastructural architect to present a technology proposal. The core of the report compares and contrasts on-premise and cloud infrastructure models, detailing their characteristics, benefits, and drawbacks, including hardware, software, and service requirements. It then explores cloud computing deployment models, including public, private, hybrid, and community clouds. The report proposes a remote healthcare cloud solution, emphasizing cloud opportunities and deployment models, with a focus on private, public, and hybrid cloud deployments. The proposal includes a network solution, likely with a network diagram, to support the digital services required by the firm. The report concludes with a summary of the findings and recommendations, supported by references.