You are the IT director for a small private college that is interested in implem

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You are the IT director for a small private college that is interested in implementing an open-source learning management system to replace the current commercial system that is not serving its faculty’s needs. You have a modest capital budget ($15,000), a small IT staff of five individuals, and free access to a computer-science faculty member to assist in the project. You may also hire student-workers if needed.

Using the online lesson content as a starting point (but you are not limited to those products discussed in the class material), make a recommendation for: 1. a. Operating System (O/S b. Database Platform (RDBMS) 2. Address the following points in your analysis: Why did you recommend this particular O/S or RDBMS? (Be clear and specific relative to the scenario you chose and the components recommended).) What is a source of procurement of each component (e.g., manufacturer or supplier)? What (if any) staffing issues need to be considered? How would you address them? a. b. c.

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For operating system we can use Ubuntu, A varient of Linux. This system can be installed by downlaoding the bootable files from the Ubuntu website. This will be stored in pen drive and which will be made bootable. This bootable pendrive will be used by my helping faculty member to install the operating system in all systems.
Ubuntu is chosen because its open source, no cost or licence fees. Easy to install other softwares. Also its very popular and already a lot of faculty members and students would know how to work on it. It comes with free upgrades and no need to pay for those upgrades. Its also very fast and reliable in comparison to other operating systems. It is also compatible with new technologies like cloud services, IOT etc. It will also not require help from any external vendor as there are plenty of tutorials regarding how to install and use this operating system.
We can use MongoDb or NoSQL for our database purposes. Its freely available online and we can download Ubuntu compatible version and install it. It should be used because it has a lot of demand in job scenarios which will be helpful for students. Its constantly updated and doesn't have any paid versions containing additional functionalities like MySQL. Its easy to use, scalable and also compatible with latest technologies like Big data.

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