Hosting in the Cloud

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NTC/362 Version 4

Table – Week Three

Scenario

In analyzing the network performance at the Bedford Campus, one issue that has come to light is the insufficient network and server infrastructure that is in place to support delivery of the school’s Learning Management System (LMS) and Exchange email service over the public internet to a growing student body. One possible solution to this issue is migration of the LMS and Exchange email to a cloud computing provider.

Your task is to prepare a 2- to 3-page table using Microsoft® Word or Microsoft® Excel® to help the leadership decide on a cloud-based solution.

	Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS)	Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)	Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)
Provider	<list the provider of the service, like Amazon or Rackspace>
Provides both LMS and Exchange email service	<Yes or No>
Cost	<list cost, for example, cost per student or site license cost>
Availability of service to students	<indicate if the service is 24/7, is there tech support, etc.>
Security	<list important security features provided by the service like encrypted email or storage>
Administrative burden on the school’s IT department	<consider it the school will have to have a dedicated inside IT staff member to support students>