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Over the next 10 weeks you will use what you learn throughout the course to write a project plan for your company.

Paper requirements

• You paper must be written in APA format. This is not a question and answer assignment. You must write this as a formal report as if you are turning it into a company.
• You are NOT required to write an abstract
• You must include a title page and reference page which do NOT count towards the final page count
• You must cite at least 10 sources
  • You cannot use Wikipedia, techopedia, or any other site that can be edited by the general public
  • Acceptable sources
    • Your textbook
    • Any academic journal or peer reviewed paper
    • Any commercial or government site (AWS, Google, Microsoft, Verizon, etc.)
  • The minimum page count for the midterm is 5 pages. Remember, this does not include the title page or reference page.
  • The minimum page count for the final is an additional 5 pages. The total document should be at least 10 pages.

Part 1 (Midterm)

Total points possible = 20

Your paper should have the following information:

Title Page (1 point possible)

Company Information (4 points possible)

• The name of the company (can be real of made up). The company should remain the same for part 1 and 2.
• The size of the company
• A brief description of the work the company does
• The current network architecture and location(s) of the company

Business Driver (3 points possible)

• Why are you proposing the business adopt cloud computing?
• What deployment model are you proposing and why? (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, etc.). Note – you can have multiple models based on your business type.
• What is the main benefit of this business model?

Provider, Capacity, and Cost (11 points possible)

• What cloud provider do you propose using (example: AWS, Google, Microsoft Azure, etc.)
  • Identify why you selected this company.
• What is the estimated size and resource requirements needed?
  • Identify how you determined this.
• What is the cost?
  • Break down the costs (i.e. software, resources, accounts, etc.)
• Will the cloud be public, private, community, or hybrid?
  • Describe what this means and why you selected this model.
• What is the future state of the IT infrastructure?
  • Do you plan on growing the business?
  • Will you need more space? Why?

Reference page (1 point possible)