NMIMS Cloud Computing Solved Assignments June 2024

Description

NMIMS Global Access
School for Continuing Education (NGA-SCE)
Course: Cloud Computing
Internal Assignment Applicable for April 2024 Examination
Assignment Marks: 30
Instructions:
 All Questions carry equal marks.
 All Questions are compulsory
 All answers to be explained in not more than 1000 words for question 1 and 2 and for question 3 in not more than 500 words for each subsection. Use relevant examples, illustrations as far as possible.
 All answers to be written individually. Discussion and group work is not advisable.
 Students are free to refer to any books/reference material/website/internet for attempting their assignments, but are not allowed to copy the matter as it is from the source of reference.
 Students should write the assignment in their own words. Copying of assignments from other students is not allowed
 Students should follow the following parameter for answering the assignment questions.
Q 1. You are the CIO of a Global Pharma Major. Your firm works very closely – e.g. sharing Confidential Documents (e.g., NDA / ANDA, Clinical Trials, etc.) with your Tier1 and Tier2 Subcontractors. As such, you are evaluating the use of cloud and the right choice for the deployment model for your firm and your Tier1 and Tier2 Subcontractors.

Prepare a 2-Page Executive Summary to serve as the basis of an Executive Meeting with the Leadership of your firm and the CIOs to discuss this initiative.
(10 Marks)
Q 2. Rustler Software has a mature and popular Accounting software EzeeBooks. You are the CTO and you’re working on the Cloud Strategy for EzeeBooks. Specifically, you are evaluating (a) whether to opt for IaaS, PaaS or SaaS and (b) AWS or Azure. Prepare a 2-Page Executive Summary of your research and recommendations for presentation to the Leadership of Rustler Software. You may get more details by visiting the web site of these firms or you can make your own assumptions. (10 Marks)
Q 3. The Top Management of Dhanvantari Hospitals is meeting to discuss their plan for a New Patient Records Management Solution. Both the COO, Mr. Das and the CFO, Mr. Reddy are of the strong opinion that the company should develop and implement a Custom On-Premise Patient Records Management Solution to be developed by a Top5 IT Firm.
On the other hand, both Ms. Abraham, Head of Sales, and Mr. Sandhu, CIO are keen to move to a popular SaaS-based Patient Records Management Product. The debate is getting heated as Mr. Das also recalled past IT system implementation failures.
a. What arguments can Mr. Das make in favor of in-house Custom On-Premise Patient Records Management Solution? (5 Marks)

b. What arguments can Mr. Sandhu make in favor of a SaaS-based Patient Records Management Product? (5 Marks)
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