CMGT 557 Wk 2 – Cloud Computing Presentation

Background: You recently graduated from your MIS program at UOPX. You have been hired by a consulting firm. Your job is to work with clients on advancing the use of technology in order to gain a competitive advantage.

You have been engaged by a client who specializes in web development. Specifically, this company provides web development services to other companies across many industries.

The client is not sure how to advance their business or how to take their business to the next level. The client has been busy working and trying to build a customer base. The client has had no time to research or attend useful conference in web development technologies.

Assignment Details: As a consulting manager, you have been asked by the client to provide information on cloud computing and how it could be incorporated into their business. The presentation should cover the following:

• Describe each of the cloud services- Software as a Service (SaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), and Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS),
• For each cloud service, what are the pros, cons, and risks associated with the practical use in the business.

Your Executive level presentation in Microsoft PowerPoint should include the following:

• A title slide
• One or more reference slides,
• Length of the slides should be 8-10 excluding the title slide and reference slides,
• Slides should be multi-media rich (i.e., images, graphics, etc.),
• Include at least two academic and/or trade journal sources, with properly, formatted in-text citations and a properly formatted reference page, and
• Include speaker notes that you will speak to when presenting the slides.

Submit your assignment.