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1. We count on MIS Infrastructure to always \"be there\" for us, but its availab

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Question

1. We count on MIS Infrastructure to always "be there" for us, but its availability isn't always a given -- especially as managers, sometimes we have to take steps to ensure that our infrastructure will be up to the tasks we need it to perform. "Cloud computing" has been advocated as a way for eliminating an organization's need to provide its own IT infrastructure, by shifting the burden of providing it to someone else. What is cloud computing? If you wanted to use cloud computing in your Case Study project, how would you bring it on line? What are some pros and cons of cloud computing?

2. What is an "agile" MIS infrastructure? What are its key characteristics? What steps can an organization take to ensure it has one?

3. What's the difference between cloud computing and grid computing? To what degree may they be similar?

Explanation / Answer

1: Cloud computing is a process where the people use the shared resources over internet and that they don’t need hardware to carryout operations and this operation is thus provided by other vendor which specifically deals with such type of services over internet.

To bring cloud computing in use, the party needs to contract with the other party and formulate an agreement such as software as a service agreement etc.

Advantage of cloud computing are:

Disadvantages are:

2: Agile MIS infrastructure means collaborative approach for any IT solutions wherein the company along with other party works together towards IT infrastructure which is evolutionary and adaptive in nature and care for the changing needs of the company information management system.

The company can enter into contract again with third party providers or vendors along with its in-house team focusing on Agile MIS infrastructure and work together for IT needs of the company.

3: Similarity between the cloud computing and grid computing are:

The differences between these are: