This document discusses key considerations for organizations before moving IT operations to the cloud. It identifies potential issues such as lack of understanding of cloud security, lack of clear objectives, and lack of proper planning that have led to high rates of cloud migration failures. The document examines different approaches to migrating systems to the cloud and factors such as how applications need to be adapted, ensuring staff have the proper training, implementing necessary security controls, and accounting for unexpected costs. Readers are advised to thoroughly evaluate these kinds of considerations and allow adequate time for planning before taking the leap to the cloud.
Cloud computing has been a buzzword in the IT industry for quite some time now. Though it has been around for quite a while, its popularity has increased manifold in the last few years. The reason for this is simple – the benefits of cloud computing are simply too hard to ignore.
In a nutshell, cloud computing is the delivery of computing services—including servers, storage, databases, networking, software, analytics, and intelligence—over the Internet (“the cloud”) to offer faster innovation, flexible resources, and economies of scale.
https://dailytimeupdate.com/cloud-computing-definition/
If there is any trend that has created such a buzz in recent times, it has got be cloud computing. But does this mean that you should provide your software-plus-service from the cloud? Or should you tread with caution and wait for the market to stabilize? This paper attempts to provide Sanity-as-a-Service to ISV’s, Software-enabledbusinesses and Enterprises on cloud-enabling their software.
Cloud Computing: Business Trends and the Challengesidescitation
The purpose of this paper is to provide information
to businesses interested in cloud computing. First we define
cloud computing and discuss the different service and
deployment models from a business standpoint. Then we move
into business cases for the cloud and the strengths of each
service and deployment model. We follow this up with business
attributes that tend to drive a cloud adaption and the effects of
cloud on business IT. The last section reveals the challenges
of cloud computing ranging from security concerns and legal
issues, to negotiation of an adequate service level agreement.
In a recent survey of 250 senior IT & business decision makers by Cloud Industry Forum, 61% expressed concerns over data security in the cloud, despite the fact only 2% have ever experienced a cloud-related security breach. Talk of the cloud and cloud technology has been rife for a long time now, yet there
are still many businesses that subscribe to out-dated
myths, such as data security.
The last few years have seen a marked increase in the
popularity of the cloud but for many it’s another tech
innovation that everyone tells them they need but that they
don’t fully understand. There’s a distinct hype surrounding
discussions on the cloud, but for the most part, they come
across as semi-intelligible fog, full of jargon fi lled techspeak,
with a lack of clarity about the business advantages.
In this whitepaper, we’ll lift the haze around the cloud and take
a straight-forward approach to explore the benefits, making it easy to determine if the cloud is right for you. We’ll clearly state the benefits of using the cloud as well as give an overview of the perceived risks and remove some of the common misconceptions.
Cloud computing has been a buzzword in the IT industry for quite some time now. Though it has been around for quite a while, its popularity has increased manifold in the last few years. The reason for this is simple – the benefits of cloud computing are simply too hard to ignore.
In a nutshell, cloud computing is the delivery of computing services—including servers, storage, databases, networking, software, analytics, and intelligence—over the Internet (“the cloud”) to offer faster innovation, flexible resources, and economies of scale.
https://dailytimeupdate.com/cloud-computing-definition/
If there is any trend that has created such a buzz in recent times, it has got be cloud computing. But does this mean that you should provide your software-plus-service from the cloud? Or should you tread with caution and wait for the market to stabilize? This paper attempts to provide Sanity-as-a-Service to ISV’s, Software-enabledbusinesses and Enterprises on cloud-enabling their software.
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to businesses interested in cloud computing. First we define
cloud computing and discuss the different service and
deployment models from a business standpoint. Then we move
into business cases for the cloud and the strengths of each
service and deployment model. We follow this up with business
attributes that tend to drive a cloud adaption and the effects of
cloud on business IT. The last section reveals the challenges
of cloud computing ranging from security concerns and legal
issues, to negotiation of an adequate service level agreement.
In a recent survey of 250 senior IT & business decision makers by Cloud Industry Forum, 61% expressed concerns over data security in the cloud, despite the fact only 2% have ever experienced a cloud-related security breach. Talk of the cloud and cloud technology has been rife for a long time now, yet there
are still many businesses that subscribe to out-dated
myths, such as data security.
The last few years have seen a marked increase in the
popularity of the cloud but for many it’s another tech
innovation that everyone tells them they need but that they
don’t fully understand. There’s a distinct hype surrounding
discussions on the cloud, but for the most part, they come
across as semi-intelligible fog, full of jargon fi lled techspeak,
with a lack of clarity about the business advantages.
In this whitepaper, we’ll lift the haze around the cloud and take
a straight-forward approach to explore the benefits, making it easy to determine if the cloud is right for you. We’ll clearly state the benefits of using the cloud as well as give an overview of the perceived risks and remove some of the common misconceptions.
Fault Tolerance in AWS Distributed Cloud ComputingCaner KAYA
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A detailed study of cloud computing is presented. Starting from its basics, the characteristics and different modalities
are dwelt upon. Apart from this, the pros and cons of cloud computing is also highlighted. Apart from this, service
models of cloud computing are lucidly highlighted.
Secure Computing in Enterprise Cloud EnvironmentsShaun Thomas
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Unlocking The Secrets: AWS Whitepapers That Simplify Cloud ComputingFredReynolds2
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Cloud computing is basically storing and accessing data and sharing resources over the internet rather than having local servers or personal device to handle applications.
What is Cloud Computing? A Complete GuideAlaina Carter
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Using cloud applications offers several advantages, but it also comes with certain drawbacks. Here are some pros and cons of using cloud applications:
Pros:
1. Flexibility and scalability: Cloud applications provide the flexibility to scale resources up or down based on demand, allowing organizations to efficiently manage their computing resources and accommodate fluctuating workloads.
2. Cost savings: Cloud applications eliminate the need for organizations to invest in on-premises infrastructure and hardware, reducing upfront costs. Additionally, they typically follow a pay-as-you-go model, where businesses only pay for the resources they consume, leading to potential cost savings.
3. Accessibility and collaboration: Cloud applications can be accessed from anywhere with an internet connection, enabling remote work and collaboration among team members across different locations. This improves productivity and facilitates real-time collaboration on projects.
4. Automatic updates and maintenance: Cloud application providers handle software updates and maintenance, ensuring that users have access to the latest features and security patches without the need for manual intervention from the organization's IT team.
5. Data backup and disaster recovery: Cloud applications often provide built-in data backup and disaster recovery mechanisms, protecting valuable business data from loss or damage. This helps organizations to quickly recover from unforeseen events and minimize downtime.
Cons:
1. Internet dependency: Cloud applications require a stable internet connection to function properly. If the internet connection is unreliable or experiences downtime, it can disrupt access to cloud applications and impact productivity.
2. Data security concerns: Storing sensitive data in the cloud raises security concerns, as organizations must trust the cloud provider to maintain robust security measures. Data breaches and unauthorized access to cloud-stored data can have severe consequences, so organizations must carefully consider the security protocols of their chosen cloud provider.
3. Vendor lock-in: Migrating to a specific cloud application or provider may create dependency and make it challenging to switch to an alternative solution in the future. This vendor lock-in can limit flexibility and potentially increase costs if the organization decides to transition to a different platform.
4. Performance and latency: Cloud applications rely on internet connectivity, and the performance can be affected by factors such as network congestion and latency. This may lead to slower response times or decreased performance compared to on-premises solutions, particularly for applications that require high-speed data processing or real-time interactions.
Why cloud computing:
Cloud computing can be a cheaper, faster, and greener alternative to an On-premises solution. Without any infrastructure
investments, you can get Powerful software and massive computing resources quickly—with lower Up-front costs and fewer
management headaches down the road. Cloud-based solutions when evaluating options for new IT deployments Whenever a
secure, reliable, cost-effective cloud option exists. Shifting your agency into the cloud can be a big decision, with many
Considerations. This guide is the first in a series designed to help you Get started. The most important is the right choice
software as a service as a service, infrastructure as a service, and platform as a service or hybrid cloud. While addressing
administration goals of scalable, interactive citizen Portals. The cloud can also help your agency increase collaboration across
Organizations, deliver volumes of data to citizens in useful ways, and reduce IT costs while helping your agency focus on
mission-critical tasks. Plus, the Cloud can help you maintain operational efficiency during times of crisis.
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The rapid development of cloud computing is giving way to more cloud services, due to
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Cloud computing is an emerging computing style which provides dynamic services, scalable and payper-use.
Although cloud computing provides numerous advantages, a key challenge is how to ensure
and build confidence that the cloud can handle user data securely. This paper highlights some major
security issues that exist in current cloud computing environments. The status of the development of
cloud computing security, the data privacy analysis, security audit, information check and another
challenges that the cloud computing security faces have been explored. The recent researches on data
protection regarding security and privacy issues in cloud computing have partially addressed some
issues. The best option is to build data-protection solutions at the platform layer. The growing appeal
of data protection as a service is that it enables to access just the resources you need at minimal
upfront expense while providing the benefits of enterprise-class data protection capabilities. The
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Improving
Diagnosis
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Specificity in ICD-IO Coding
VALID ICD-IO-CM/PCS (ICD-IO) codes have been required for claims reporting since October 1, 2015. But ICD-IO diagnosis coding to the correct level of specificity—a more recent requirement—continues to be a problem for many in the healthcare industry. While diagnosis code specificity has always been the goal, providers were granted a reprieve in order to facilitate implementation of ICD-IO. For the first 12 months of ICD-IO use, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) promised that Medicare review contractors would not deny claims "based solely on the specificity of the ICD-IO diagnosis code as long as the physician/practitioner used a valid code from the right family."l Commonly referred to as the "grace period," this flexibility was intended to help providers implement the ICD-IO-CM code set and was never intended to continue on in perpetuity. In fact, this CMS-granted grace period expired on October 1, 2016.2
Unfortunately, nonspecific documentation and coding persists. This is an ongoing problem, even though the official guidelines for coding and reporting require coding to the highest degree of specificity. Third-party payers are making payment determinations based on the specificity of reported codes, and payment reform efforts are formulating policies based on coded data. The significance of overreporting unspecified diagnosis codes cannot be understated. In the short term, it will increase claim denials, and in the long term it may adversely impact emerging payment models.3•4 Calculating and monitoring unspecified diagnosis code rates is critical to successfully leverage specificity
44/Journal of AHIMA April 18
in the ICD-IO-CM code set.
An ICD-IO-CM code is considered unspecified if either of the terms "unspecified" or "NOS" are used in the code description. The unspecified diagnosis code rate is calculated by dividing the number of unspecified diagnosis codes by the total number of diagnosis codes assigned. Health information management (HIM) professionals should be tracking and trending unspecified diagnosis code rates across the continuum of care.5
Acceptable use of Unspecified Diagnosis Codes Unspecified diagnosis codes have acceptable, even necessary, uses. The unspecified code rate is not an error rate, but rather an indicator of the quality of clinical documentation and a qualitative measure of coder performance and coding results. Even CMS explicitly recognizes that unspecified codes are sometimes necessary. "When sufficient clinical information is not known or available about a particular health condition to assign a more specific code, it is acceptable to report the appropriate unspecified code."6 It's also important that coding professionals use good judgment to avoid unnecessary queries for clarification of unspecified diagnoses. The official coding guidelines provide explicit guidance for appropriate uses of unspec.
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CNL-521 Topic 3: Vargas Case Study
Bob and Elizabeth arrive together for the third session. As planned, you remind the couple that the goal of today’s session is to gather information about their families of origin. Bob begins by telling you about his older sister, Katie, who is 36 and lives nearby with her three children. Katie’s husband, Steve, died suddenly last year at the age of 40 when the car he was driving hit a block wall. Elizabeth speculates that Steve was intoxicated at the time, but Bob vehemently denies this allegation. He warns Elizabeth to “never again” suggest alcohol was involved. You note Bob’s strong response and learn that his own biological father, whom his mother divorced when Bob was 3 and Katie was 5, had been an alcoholic. When asked about his father, Bob says, “His name is Tim, and I haven’t seen him since the divorce.” Bob shares that he only remembers frequently hiding under the bed with Katie to stay safe from his violent rages. He adds that 5 years after the divorce, his mother, Linda, married Noel who has been “the only dad I’ve ever known.” He insists that his sister married “a devout Christian who never touched alcohol” and attributed the 3:00 a.m. tragedy to fatigue. He adds that a few days before the accident, Katie had complained to him that her husband had been working many late nights and “just wasn’t himself.” Bob speaks fondly of his sister and confirms that they have always been “very close.”
From Elizabeth, who is 31 years old, you learn that she was adopted by her parents, Rita and Gary, who were in their late 40s at the time. They were first generation immigrants who had no family in the United States. Their biological daughter, Susan, had died 10 years earlier after Rita accidentally ran over the 5 year old while backing out of the driveway. Elizabeth surmises that her mother never fully recovered from this traumatic incident and remained distant and withdrawn throughout Elizabeth’s life. Elizabeth describes her father, Gary, as “a hard worker, smart, and always serious.” She shares that most of her family memories were of times spent with her dad in his study, surrounded by books. She states, “He could find the answer to all of my questions in one his many books.” Elizabeth describes herself as the “quiet, bookish type” and attributes her love for books to her father. Like her father in his study, Elizabeth remembers spending most of her adolescence alone in her room, reading, so she would not upset her mother. Looking back, Elizabeth tells you she recognizes her mother’s struggle with depression, “but as a kid, I thought it was me.”
You comment on the vastly different childhood experiences and normalize the potential for relationship challenges under these circumstances. Acknowledging the differences, Elizabeth remarks that Bob’s relationship with his family was one of the things that she was attracted to early in their relationship. Bob agrees with her and comments that Katie and Elizabeth.
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[WLO: 1] [CLO: 1]
Prior to beginning work on this assignment,
Review Chapters 6, 7, and 9 of your text.
Review the cognition and language development milestones from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on the web page
Basic Information (Links to an external site.)
.
Identify one age-group that you will discuss:
Infancy: Birth to 12 months
Toddler: 1 to 3 years
Early childhood: 4 to 8 years
Review and download the
Cognitive and Language Development Milestones Picture Book Template.
The purpose of this assignment is to creatively demonstrate an understanding of developmental milestones as they pertain to cognition and language development.
Part 1:
Based on the required resources above, create a children’s picture book using
StoryJumper (Links to an external site.)
that tells a story about a child’s typical day. Your story must incorporate at least four cognitive and four language development milestones for the age-group you have selected. Your story can be about a fictional child or can be based on a real child. Watch the video,
StoryJumper Tutorial (Links to an external site.)
, for assistance in using StoryJumper.
To complete this assignment, you must
Create a children’s picture book using StoryJumper.
Identify at least four cognitive development milestones appropriate to the age-group selected.
Distinguish at least four language development milestones appropriate to the age-group selected.
Discuss a typical day appropriate to the age-group selected.
Part 2:
Open the
Cognitive and Language Development Milestones Picture Book Template
and complete the following items:
Provide the link to the StoryJumper picture book you created in Part 1.
Indicate which age-group your picture book will discuss.
List at least four cognitive development milestones that are included in your picture book.
List at least four language development milestones that are included in your picture book.
Submit your Word document to Waypoint.
The Cognitive and Language Development Milestones Picture Book:
Must be eight to 10 pages of text in length (not including title page, images, and references page) and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center’s
APA Style (Links to an external site.)
Must include a separate title page with the following:
Title of picture book
Student’s name
Course name and number
Instructor’s name
Date submitted
Must document any information used from sources in APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center’s
Citing Within Your Paper (Links to an external site.)
Must include a separate references page or slide that is formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center. See the
Formatting Your References List (Links to an external site.)
resource in the Ashford Writing Center for specifications.
CHAPTER 6 SUMMARY
Piaget’s Cognitive-Developmental Theory.
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Codes of (un)dress and gender constructs
from the Greek to the Roman world
he
By 6th c. BC: Greek male and female dress codes firmly established
Archaic kouros
and kore statues
demonstrate how
the body was
used in the
naturalization of
gender
constructs
The naked male
body in the
classical period:
the Doryphoros as
a heroic athlete-
warrior citizen
Male sexuality: conditions by the patriarchal ideology of
domination, it restricted sexual expression and freedom
in homosexual
relations
and heterosexual
relations
In the classical
period,
while the naked
male body was
idealized and
heroized,
the female naked
body was always
sexualized and
objectified.
Centauromachy (late 5th c.
Bassae): the Greek female is
defenseless and sexualized
(must be defended by Greek
men).
Gendered
nakedness in
mythological
scenes:
the Greek
male is
always
heroized
Amazonomachy (4th c.
Halikarnassos): the non-
Greek female is wild and
sexualized (must be
dominated by Greek men).
Aphrodite (Roman Venus): at first fully dressed
The gradual disrobing of Aphrodite in monumental statues, late 5th to
4th c. BC (Roman copies)
“Venus Genetrix”,
original late 5th c. BC
“Venus of Capua”,
original 4th c. BC
Aphrodite of Knidos,
original 4th c. BC
Late 5th c. onwards: minor goddesses were also represented sexualized in
statues, but only Aphrodite appeared entirely naked by the 4th c. BC.
Nike (Victory), late
5th c., Olympia.
Aphrodite of Knidos by
Praxiteles, 4th c. (Roman copy)
Aphrodite “Beautiful
Buttocks”, Roman
copy (Greek ca. 300).
Doryphoros and
Aphrodite of Knidos
(Knidia or Knidian
Aphrodite), Roman
copies.
What main
differences do you
observe?
Was her nakedness
really threatening to
patriarchy (Andrew
Stewart)?
Or, in what ways
was her nakedness
aligned with
patriarchal ideology?
Could she have been
empowering for
women?
The traditional visual
presence of a divine
statue at the far end of
a rectangular temple
was very different
(Olympian Zeus)
Aphrodite of Knidos was displayed in an unusual temple (round plan), so as to
be seen from all sides, like a beautiful object.
The original
Aphrodite of
Knidos is lost.
Numerous
Roman copies
of the Knidian
Aphrodite exist
(with variations
in details).
“Colonna
Venus” Vatican
Museums.
“Ludovisi
Venus”,
Palazzo
Altemps, Rome
(only the torso
is ancient, the
rest is 17th-c,
restoration.)
Capitoline Venus, Rome
Medici Venus, Florence
Variations on the
“Venus pudica” type,
Greek Hellenistic
originals, Roman
copies.
Are they more modest
or also more shamed?
Latin pudore: modesty,
chastity, shame.
Greek aidos: shame,
modesty
(aidion=vagina)
There is no male “pudicus”
type in Greco-Roman
sculpture.
These unequal gender
constructs are still around
today,
to the detriment of all of us!
There is no male
“pudicus” type in Greco-
Roman sculpture.
An effec.
Coding Assignment 3CSC 330 Advanced Data Structures, Spri.docxmary772
Coding Assignment 3
CSC 330: Advanced Data Structures, Spring 2019
Released Monday, April 15, 2019
Due on Canvas on Wednesday, May 1, at 11:59pm
Overview
In this assignment, you’ll implement another variant of a height-balancing tree known as a
splay tree. The assignment will also give you an opportunity to work with Java inheritance;
in particular, the base code that you’ll amend is structured so that your SplayTree class
extends from an abstract class called HeightBalancingTree, which gives a general template
for how a height-balancing tree should be defined.
As always, please carefully read the entire write-up before you begin coding your submission.
Splay Trees
As mentioned above, a splay tree is another example of a height-balancing tree — a binary
search tree that, upon either an insertion or deletion, modifies the tree through a sequence
of rotations in order to reduce the overall height of the tree.
However, splay trees differ from the other height-balancing trees we’ve seen (AVL trees,
red-black trees) in terms of the type of guarantees that they provide. In particular, recall
that both AVL trees and red-black trees maintain the property that after any insertion or
deletion, the height of the tree is O(log n), where n is the number of elements in the tree.
Splay trees unfortunately do not provide this (fairly strong) guarantee; namely, it is possible
for the height of a splay tree to become greater than O(log n) over a sequence of insertions
and deletions.
Instead, splay trees provide a slightly weaker (though still meaningful) guarantee known as
an amortized bound, which is essentially just a bound on the average time of a single opera-
tion over the course of several operations. In the context of splay trees, one can show that
over the course of, say, n insertions to build a tree with n elements, the average time of each
of these operations is O(log n) (but again, keeping in mind it is possible for any single one
of these operations to take much longer than this).
Showing this guarantee is beyond the scope of this course (although the details of the analy-
sis can be found in your textbook). Instead, in this assignment, we will just be in interested
1
r splay:
N
root
root
2
1
1
2
l splay:
N
1
2
rr splay:
N
N
N
ll splay:
rl splay:
1
2
N
lr splay:
Figure 1: Illustration of the six possible cases for on a given step of a splay operation.
in writing an implementation of a splay tree in Java that is structured using inheritance.
Splay Tree Insertions and Deletions
To insert or delete an element from the tree, splay trees use the same approach as the other
height-balancing trees we’ve discussed in class — first we insert/deletion an element using
standard BST procedures, and then perform a “height-fixing” procedure that rebalances the
tree. Thus, what distinguishes each of these height-balancing trees from one another is how
they define their height-fixing procedures.
To fix the tree after both inser.
CodeZipButtonDemo.javaCodeZipButtonDemo.java Demonstrate a p.docxmary772
CodeZip/ButtonDemo.javaCodeZip/ButtonDemo.java// Demonstrate a push button and handle action events.
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
publicclassButtonDemoimplementsActionListener{
JLabel jlab;
JTextField jtf;
ButtonDemo(){
// Create a new JFrame container.
JFrame jfrm =newJFrame("A Button Example");
// Specify FlowLayout for the layout manager.
jfrm.setLayout(newFlowLayout());
// Give the frame an initial size.
jfrm.setSize(220,90);
// Terminate the program when the user closes the application.
jfrm.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
// Make two buttons.
JButton jbtnUp =newJButton("Up");
JButton jbtnDown =newJButton("Down");
// Create a text field.
jtf =newJTextField(10);
// Add action listeners.
jbtnUp.addActionListener(this);
jbtnDown.addActionListener(this);
// Add the buttons to the content pane.
jfrm.add(jbtnUp);
jfrm.add(jbtnDown);
jfrm.add(jtf);
// Create a label.
jlab =newJLabel("Press a button.");
// Add the label to the frame.
jfrm.add(jlab);
// Display the frame.
jfrm.setVisible(true);
}
// Handle button events.
publicvoid actionPerformed(ActionEvent ae){
if(ae.getActionCommand().equals("Up")){
jlab.setText("You pressed Up.");
FileClock clock1=newFileClock(jtf);
Thread thread1=newThread(clock1);
thread1.start();
}
else
jlab.setText("You pressed down. ");
}
publicstaticvoid main(String args[]){
// Create the frame on the event dispatching thread.
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(newRunnable(){
publicvoid run(){
newButtonDemo();
}
});
}
}
CodeZip/CBDemo.javaCodeZip/CBDemo.java// Demonstrate check boxes.
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
publicclassCBDemoimplementsItemListener{
JLabel jlabSelected;
JLabel jlabChanged;
JCheckBox jcbAlpha;
JCheckBox jcbBeta;
JCheckBox jcbGamma;
CBDemo(){
// Create a new JFrame container.
JFrame jfrm =newJFrame("Demonstrate Check Boxes");
// Specify FlowLayout for the layout manager.
jfrm.setLayout(newFlowLayout());
// Give the frame an initial size.
jfrm.setSize(280,120);
// Terminate the program when the user closes the application.
jfrm.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
// Create empty labels.
jlabSelected =newJLabel("");
jlabChanged =newJLabel("");
// Make check boxes.
jcbAlpha =newJCheckBox("Alpha");
jcbBeta =newJCheckBox("Beta");
jcbGamma =newJCheckBox("Gamma");
// Events generated by the check boxes
// are handled in common by the itemStateChanged()
// method implemented by CBDemo.
jcbAlpha.addItemListener(this);
jcbBeta.addItemListener(this);
jcbGamma.addItemListener(this);
// Add checkboxes and labels to the content pane.
jfrm.add(jcbAlpha);
jfrm.add(jcbBeta);
jfrm.add(jcbGamma);
jfrm.add(jlabChanged);
jfrm.add(jlabSelected);
// Display the frame.
jfrm.setVisible(true);
}
// This is the handler for the check boxes..
CoevolutionOver the ages, many species have become irremediably .docxmary772
Coevolution
Over the ages, many species have become irremediably linked. Whether in the context of an arms race or cooperation to conquer new ecosystems, they have no choice but to evolve together . According to Paul Ehrlich and Peter Raven, who introduced the term in 1964, "Coevolution is the evolution of two or more entities caused by the action between these entities of reciprocal selective factors. Organizations must therefore influence each other (Thompson, 1989). Coevolution relates to this week’s theme by the how natural selection affects the ecosystem. The book compares coevolution to an ecological arm race (Bensel & Turk, 2014). One example is a case of bats as stated in the book and their use of echolocation to be able to find insects. One insect that tries to outsmart it is a tiger moth which blocks out and jam’s the bats signal with a high frequency clicks and the bat fly’s erratically to confuse the moth. This is important in adaptation and of evolution of any new biological species. There are two kinds of interactions that happen that can lead to competitive coevolution. One interactions is predation in which one organism kills another organism. The second one is parasitism in which one organism benefits by damaging but not killing another organism.
This term affects living things and the physical world because if we didn’t have the natural selection all our ecosystem who would be extinct including human beings. Many recent studies state that environmental changes have messed with the balance between interacting species and leading to their extinction. When we use the three models of coevolution such as competition, predation, mutualism in organizing and synthesizing ways to modify species interaction when there is climate change in favoring one species over another. Coevolution reduces the effects of climate change and leads to lowering chances in extinction. By getting an understanding of our nature of coevolution in how they interact with different species and our communities interact and respond to the changing climate.
We as human kind must take action and not let our natural system and ecosystem suffer because of our greed for economic growth (Cairns, 2007). We must also be careful of our matriac consumption and forget about ecological and sustainability ethics. (Cairns, 2007). Humans need to take action to better take care of our ecosystem and environment. Morowitz (1992) stated in this journal, “Sustained life is a property of an ecological system rather than a single organism or species.” There are no species that can exist without the ecological life support system even humans (Cairns, 2007). We need to put more effort in taking care of our environment by creating more organizations in getting our communities involved. In achieving sustainability they must guide through ecological and sustainability ethics. There are many challenges that will come but with achieving sustainable use of our planet our environment will .
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Coding Component (50%)
We've provided you with an implementation of an unbalanced binary search tree. The tree implements an ordered dynamic set over a generic comparable type T. Supported operations include insertion, deletion, min, max, and testing whether a value is in the set (via the exists method). Because it's a set, duplicates are not allowed, and the insert operation will not insert a value if it is already present.
We have implemented the BST operations in a recursive style. For example, inserting a value into a tree recurses down the tree seeking the correct place to add a new leaf. Each recursive call returns the root of the subtree on which it was called, after making any modifications needed to the subtree to perform the insertion. Deletion is implemented similarly.
Your job is to add the functionality needed to keep the tree balanced using the AVL property. In particular, you will need to
· augment the tree to maintain the height of each of its subtrees, as discussed in Studio;
· compute the balance at the root of a subtree (which is the height of the root's left subtree minus that of its right subtree);
· implement the AVL rebalancing operation, along with the supporting rotation operations; and
· call the height maintenance and rebalancing operations at the appropriate times during insertion and deletion.
Code Outline
There are two main source code files you need to consider, both in the avl package:
· TreeNode.java implements a class TreeNode that represents a node of a binary search tree. It holds a value (the key of the node) along with child and parent pointers. It has a height data member that is currently not used for anything. You should not modify this file, but you need to understand its contents.
· AVLTree.java implements an ordered set as a binary search tree made out of TreeNode objects.
The AVLTree class provides an interface that includes element insertion and deletion, as well as an exists() method that tests whether a value is present in the set. It also offers min() and max() methods. These methods all work as given for (unbalanced) BSTs, using the algorithms we discussed in lecture.
To implement the AVL balancing method, you will need to fill in some missing code to maintain the height of each subtree and perform rebalancing. Look for the 'FIXME' tags in AVLTree.java to see which methods you must modify.
Height Maintenance
You'll need to set the height data member each time a new leaf is allocated in the tree. You can then maintain the height as part of insertion or deletion using the incremental updating strategy you worked out in Studio 10, Part C.
The update procedure updateHeight() takes in a node and updates its height using the heights of its two subtrees. It should run in constant time.
You'll need to call updateHeight() wherever it is needed – in insertion, deletion, and perhaps elsewhere.
Rebalancing
You must implement four methods as part of AVL rebalancing:
· getBalance() computes the balance fact.
Codes of Ethics Guides Not Prescriptions A set of rules and di.docxmary772
Codes of Ethics: Guides Not Prescriptions A set of rules and directives that would result in efficient and ethical professional practice would be something clearly welcomed by student and professional alike. However, as should be clear by now, such prescriptions or recipes for professional practice do not exist, nor does every client and every professional condition provide clear-cut avenues for progress. Professional practice is both complex and complicated. The issues presented are often confounded and conflicting. The process of making sense of the options available and engaging in the path that leads to effective, ethical practice cannot be preprogrammed but rather needs to be fluid, flexible, and responsive to the uniqueness of the client and the context of helping. The very dynamic and fluid nature of our work with clients prohibits the use of rigid, formulaic prescriptions or directions. Never is this so obvious as when first confronted with an ethical dilemma. Consider the subtle challenges to practice decisions presented in Case Illustration 7.1. The case reflects a decision regarding the release of information and the potential breach of confidentiality. The element confounding the decision, as you will see, is that the client was deceased and it was the executrix of the estate providing permission to release the information to a third party.
Case Illustration 7.1 Conditions for Maintaining Confidentiality While all clinicians have been schooled in the issue of confidentiality and the various conditions under which confidentiality must be breached (e.g., prevention of harm to self or another), the conditions of maintenance of confidentiality can be somewhat blurred when the material under consideration is that of a client who is now deceased. Consider the case of Dr. Martin Orne, MD, PhD. Dr. Orne was a psychotherapist who worked with Anne Sexton, a Pulitzer Prize winner. Following the death of Ms. Sexton, an author, Ms. Middlebrook, set out to write her biography. In doing her research, Ms. Middlebrook discovered that Dr. Orne had tape-recorded a number of sessions with Ms. Sexton in order to allow her to review the sessions, and he had not destroyed the tapes following her death. Ms. Middlebrook approached Linda Gray Sexton, the daughter of the client and the executrix of the estate, seeking permission to access these tapes of the confidential therapy sessions as an aid to her writing. The daughter granted permission for release of the therapeutic tapes. A number of questions could be raised around this case, including the ethics of tape-recording or the ethics of maintenance of the tapes following the death of the client. However, the most pressing issue involves the conditions under which confidentiality should be maintained. The challenge here is, should Dr. Orne release the tapes in response to the daughter’s granting of permission, or does his client have the right to confidentiality even beyond the grave? As noted, t.
Codecademy Monetizing a Movement 815-093 815-093 Codecademy.docxmary772
Codecademy: Monetizing a Movement? 815-093
815-093 Codecademy: Monetizing a Movement?
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RE V : OCT OB E R 1 4 , 2 0 1 5
JEFFREY J. BU SSGANG
LISA C. MA ZZANTI
Codecademy: Monetizing a Movement?
We’re a movement to make education more of a commodity. We’re not just a for-profit company. Our mission would get tainted if we charged consumers for content. We need to be authentic.
— Zach Sims, Cofounder and CEO
Zach Sims and Ryan Bubinski sat in the Codecademy headquarters, an exposed-brick fourth-floor office near Madison Square Park in New York City. In 2011, while in their early twenties, the two had founded Codecademy, an open-platform, online community to teach users to code. By 2014, they had a total of 24 million unique users and a library of over 100,000 lessons. The company had raised a total of $12.5 million in funding and was, on many fronts, an overwhelming success. However, there were still no revenues. The company’s website stated, “Codecademy is free and always will be.”1
The founders, along with the board, had decided that 2014 would be a year of experimentation with different monetization strategies. By June, the cofounders had preliminarily tested two monetization models. The first charged companies for training employees offline on coding skills, a service that the training departments of these companies paid an annual fee to receive. The second monetization model focused on a labor marketplace to match Codecademy users with jobs that corporations and recruiters were seeking to fill.
But 2014 had also been busy in other arenas for the 25-employee company. In April, the company launched a redesign of its website, because, as the Codecademy blog announced, “it quickly became apparent that if we wanted to grow and mature as a brand, we required a thorough redesign of our entire product.”2 The next month, the company announced that they were opening an office in London to work with the British education system and also had forged partnerships with foundations and government bodies in Estonia, Argentina, and France.
As Sims and Bubinski huddled in their glass-walled conference room, they tried to focus on the task at hand—to narrow down their ideas and eventually decide on a viable business model. The two reviewed early results from both experiments to prepare for the upcoming board meeting where they planned to present their findings and propose next steps. The employee-training experiments had yielded promising initial results but would require hiring a sales force, offline instructors, and some content customization to scale. The labor marketplace model promised less friction in scaling but represented a more crowded market opportunity.
Senior Lecturer Jeffrey J. Bussgang and Case Researcher Lisa C. Mazzanti (Case Research & Writing Group) prepared this case. It was reviewed and approved before publication by a company designate. Funding for the develo.
Code switching involves using 1 language or nonstandard versions of .docxmary772
Code switching involves using 1 language or nonstandard versions of a language instead of another language due to setting, conversational partner, topic, and other factors.
Respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words:
When was a time that you engaged in code switching?
Why did you engage in code switching?
What were the potential benefits and potential consequences of code switching in that scenario?
What was the result of your actions?
.
Code of Ethics for the Nutrition and Dietetics Pr.docxmary772
Code of Ethics
for the Nutrition and Dietetics Profession
Effective Date: June 1, 2018
Preamble:
When providing services the nutrition and dietetics practitioner adheres to the core values of customer focus,
integrity, innovation, social responsibility, and diversity. Science-based decisions, derived from the best available research
and evidence, are the underpinnings of ethical conduct and practice.
This Code applies to nutrition and dietetics practitioners who act in a wide variety of capacities, provides general
principles and specific ethical standards for situations frequently encountered in daily practice. The primary goal is the
protection of the individuals, groups, organizations, communities, or populations with whom the practitioner works and
interacts.
The nutrition and dietetics practitioner supports and promotes high standards of professional practice, accepting
the obligation to protect clients, the public and the profession; upholds the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (Academy)
and its credentialing agency the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR) Code of Ethics for the Nutrition and Dietetics
Profession; and shall report perceived violations of the Code through established processes.
The Academy/CDR Code of Ethics for the Nutrition and Dietetics Profession establishes the principles and ethical
standards that underlie the nutrition and dietetics practitioner’s roles and conduct. All individuals to whom the Code
applies are referred to as “nutrition and dietetics practitioners”. By accepting membership in the Academy and/or accepting
and maintaining CDR credentials, all nutrition and dietetics practitioners agree to abide by the Code.
Principles and Standards:
1. Competence and professional development in practice (Non-maleficence)
Nutrition and dietetics practitioners shall:
a. Practice using an evidence-based approach within areas of competence, continuously develop and enhance
expertise, and recognize limitations.
b. Demonstrate in depth scientific knowledge of food, human nutrition and behavior.
c. Assess the validity and applicability of scientific evidence without personal bias.
d. Interpret, apply, participate in and/or generate research to enhance practice, innovation, and discovery.
e. Make evidence-based practice decisions, taking into account the unique values and circumstances of the
patient/client and community, in combination with the practitioner’s expertise and judgment.
f. Recognize and exercise professional judgment within the limits of individual qualifications and collaborate
with others, seek counsel, and make referrals as appropriate.
g. Act in a caring and respectful manner, mindful of individual differences, cultural, and ethnic diversity.
h. Practice within the limits of their scope and collaborate with the inter-professional team.
2. Integrity in personal and organizational behaviors and practices (Autonomy)
N.
Code of Ethics for Engineers 4. Engineers shall act .docxmary772
Code of Ethics for Engineers
4. Engineers shall act for each employer or client as faithful agents or
trustees.
a. Engineers shall disclose all known or potential conflicts of interest
that could influence or appear to influence their judgment or the
quality of their services.
b. Engineers shall not accept compensation, financial or otherwise,
from more than one party for services on the same project, or for
services pertaining to the same project, unless the circumstances are
fully disclosed and agreed to by all interested parties.
c. Engineers shall not solicit or accept financial or other valuable
consideration, directly or indirectly, from outside agents in
connection with the work for which they are responsible.
d. Engineers in public service as members, advisors, or employees
of a governmental or quasi-governmental body or department shall
not participate in decisions with respect to services solicited or
provided by them or their organizations in private or public
engineering practice.
e. Engineers shall not solicit or accept a contract from a governmental
body on which a principal or officer of their organization serves as
a member.
5. Engineers shall avoid deceptive acts.
a. Engineers shall not falsify their qualifications or permit
misrepresentation of their or their associates’ qualifications. They
shall not misrepresent or exaggerate their responsibility in or for the
subject matter of prior assignments. Brochures or other
presentations incident to the solicitation of employment shall not
misrepresent pertinent facts concerning employers, employees,
associates, joint venturers, or past accomplishments.
b. Engineers shall not offer, give, solicit, or receive, either directly or
indirectly, any contribution to influence the award of a contract by
public authority, or which may be reasonably construed by the
public as having the effect or intent of influencing the awarding of a
contract. They shall not offer any gift or other valuable
consideration in order to secure work. They shall not pay a
commission, percentage, or brokerage fee in order to secure work,
except to a bona fide employee or bona fide established commercial
or marketing agencies retained by them.
III. Professional Obligations
1. Engineers shall be guided in all their relations by the highest standards
of honesty and integrity.
a. Engineers shall acknowledge their errors and shall not distort or
alter the facts.
b. Engineers shall advise their clients or employers when they believe
a project will not be successful.
c. Engineers shall not accept outside employment to the detriment of
their regular work or interest. Before accepting any outside
engineering employment, they will notify their employers.
d. Engineers shall not attempt to attract an engineer from another
employer by false or misleading pretenses.
e. Engineers shall not promote their own interest at the expense of the
dignity and integr.
Coder Name: Rebecca Oquendo
Coding Categories:
Episode
Aggressive Behavior
Neutral Behavior
Virtuous Behavior
Aggressive Gaming
Neutral Gaming
Virtuous Gaming
An older peer began using slurs or derogatory language
An older peer suggested that the team should cheat
The child witnessed an older peer intentionally leave out another player
An older player suggested that they play a different game
The child lost the game with older players on their team
The child witnessed an older player curse every time a mistake was made
Index:
· In this case aggressive behavior would constitute as mimicking older members undesired behaviors or becoming especially angry or agitated in game. A neutral behavior would be playing as they usually would not mimicking older player’s behaviors or trying to fit in to their more aggressive styles. A virtuous behavior would be steering the game away from aggression, voicing an opinion about the excessive aggression, or finding a way to express their gaming experience in a positive way. The same can be applied for the similar categories in “gaming”.
· Each category can be scaled from 1-7 in which way the child’s dialogue tended to be behavior and gaming wise with a 1 indicating little to no effort in that direction and a 7 indicating extreme effort in that category.
1. What are the different types of attributes? Provide examples of each attribute.
2. Describe the components of a decision tree. Give an example problem and provide an example of each component in your decision making tree
3. Conduct research over the Internet and find an article on data mining. The article has to be less than 5 years old. Summarize the article in your own words. Make sure that you use APA formatting for this assignment.
Questions from attached files
1. Obtain one of the data sets available at the UCI Machine Learning Repository and apply as many of the different visualization techniques described in the chapter as possible. The bibliographic notes and book Web site provide pointers to visualization software.
2. Identify at least two advantages and two disadvantages of using color to visually represent information.
3. What are the arrangement issues that arise with respect to three-dimensional plots?
4. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of using sampling to reduce the number of data objects that need to be displayed. Would simple random sampling (without replacement) be a good approach to sampling? Why or why not?
5. Describe how you would create visualizations to display information that describes the following types of systems.
a) Computer networks. Be sure to include both the static aspects of the network, such as connectivity, and the dynamic aspects, such as traffic.
b) The distribution of specific plant and animal species around the world fora specific moment in time.
c) The use of computer resources, such as processor time, main me.
Codes of Ethical Conduct A Bottom-Up ApproachRonald Paul .docxmary772
Codes of Ethical Conduct: A Bottom-Up Approach
Ronald Paul Hill • Justine M. Rapp
Received: 18 January 2013 / Accepted: 12 December 2013 / Published online: 1 January 2014
� Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2013
Abstract Developing and implementing a meaningful
code of conduct by managers or consultants may require a
change in orientation that modifies the way these precepts
are determined. The position advocated herein is for a
different approach to understanding and organizing the
guiding parameters of the firm that requires individual
reflection and empowerment of the entire organization to
advance their shared values. The processes involved are
discussed using four discrete stages that move from the
personal to the work team and to the unit to the full
company, followed by the board of directors’ evaluation.
The hoped-for end product is dynamic, employee-driven,
codes of conduct that recognize the systemic and far-
reaching impact of organizational activities across internal
and external stakeholders. Operational details for and some
issues associated with its implementation are also provided.
Keywords Code of conduct � Employee-driven
approaches � Bottom-up development
Corporation, Be Good! Frederick (2006)
That managers and employees are capable of both ethical
and unethical behaviors due to individual and internal
corporate culture factors cannot be denied (Ashforth and
Anand 2003; Treviño and Weaver 2003; Treviño et al.
2006). Over the last decade, as diverse organizational
stakeholders began exerting more pressure on firms to
eliminate unethical conduct, the field of management has
witnessed a proliferation of research on ethics and ethical
behavior in organizations (Elango et al. 2010; Gopala-
krishnan et al. 2008; O’Fallon and Butterfield 2005; Tre-
viño et al. 2006).
However, recent ethical failures, as well as continuous
ethical challenges that organizations face, have led scholars
to conclude that predicting ethical dilemmas is difficult a
priori: ‘‘It is only, when we look back on our conduct over
the long run that we may find ourselves guilty of moral
laxity’’ (Geva 2006, p. 138). What underlies this particular
situation is the inability of organizational elites to monitor
and implement initiatives within today’s complex business
entities (Martin and Eisenhardt 2010; Uhl-Bien et al.
2007). Accordingly, more dynamic approaches to business
ethics is needed, one that spans ‘‘both the individual and
organizational levels’’ of concern (Gopalakrishnan et al.
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1. Cloud Considerations
What you need to know prior to making the leap
Student
University of Maryland University College
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CLOUD CONSIDERATIONS – WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
PRIOR TO MAKING THE LEAP
Cloud Considerations
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW PRIOR TO MAKING THE
LEAP
2. Executive Summary
"By failing to
prepare, you are
preparing to
fail."
- Benjamin
Franklin
Wait! Before you move your IT operations to the cloud, there
are a
number of considerations that you should take into account
prior to
making the leap.
It is well known that hosting one’s own systems incurs costs in
facilities including power and cooling, and systems maintenance
including hardware, licensing, and support. Additional costs
come
from staffing and day-to-day operations.
What if instead, you could stop paying for new hardware? What
if the
worry and upkeep of the aging equipment belonged to someone
else?
That's entirely possible by moving to the cloud. The servers are
physically managed by the cloud provider in their data center,
3. and you
are just one of many utilizing those systems.
However, with a new environment comes all new tools and
concepts
that you need to understand before making that decision.
Many IT organizations have attempted to make the transition
and
failed due to lack of time allotted, lack of identifying project
requirements, or lack of knowledge to make an effective plan
for
budget.
Some key factors need to be considered in order to determine if
making
the transition to the cloud is the right fit for your company. In
addition,
proper preparation, including anticipating additional costs and
allotting enough time to make the transition is needed in order
to be
successful.
These factors include the following questions:
• Are your applications a good fit for the cloud and what will be
the approach to migrating them?
• Does your support team have the knowledge to support the
new
environment?
• What security controls need to be in place to provide adequate
security and compliance with regulations?
• What other hidden costs could be uncovered and planned for?
4. If you consider these factors, allow time for planning, and
budget for
failure, you may be successful in migrating to the cloud.
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CLOUD CONSIDERATIONS – WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
PRIOR TO MAKING THE LEAP
Introduction
The cloud has become a household term over the past few years,
but what does it really mean? As
defined by the National Institute for Standards and Technology
(NIST), “Cloud computing is a model
for enabling ubiquitous, convenient, on-demand network access
to a shared pool of configurable
computing resources (e.g., networks, servers, storage,
applications, and services) that can be
rapidly provisioned and released with minimal management
effort or service provider interaction.”
(Mell & Grance, 2011, para. 1). However, Microsoft’s Azure
website puts it much more clearly by
stating, “Simply put, cloud computing is the delivery of
computing services—servers, storage,
databases, networking, software, analytics, and more—over the
Internet (“the cloud”).” (2018, para.
5. 1). Using this concept, most companies are already utilizing the
cloud if they are getting one or
more services through the internet.
Several different cloud models exist that further define the
cloud concept compared to traditional
on-premises architecture within one’s own datacenter:
Software as a Service (SaaS) – This refers to utilizing software
or an application that is
provided as a service, such as utilizing web-based email like
Google or Microsoft Office 365.
Platform as a Service (PaaS) – This type of model refers to a
platform, such as a server with
operating system and necessary tools, being provided to run an
application. In this case, the
consumer only has the ability to manage the application but not
the underlying architecture
or operating system. This is somewhat of a middle ground
between SaaS and IaaS.
Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) – In this case, the
infrastructure such as servers,
networks, storage, and processing power are provided in a
hosted facility. As the consumer,
you deploy the operating systems, applications, and security to
6. the provided infrastructure.
Figure 1. Cloud Models. This figure illustrates the
responsibility of management for the cloud models.
Reprinted from “SaaS vs PaaS vs IaaS: What’s the difference
and how to choose” by Watts, S., 2017,
http://www.bmc.com/blogs/saas-vs-paas-vs-iaas-whats-the-
difference-and-how-to-choose/
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In this document, we will primarily focus on Infrastructure as a
Service. The concept of moving
one’s infrastructure to the cloud can be appealing, especially
when faced with some number
crunching provided by one of the cloud giants like Amazon Web
Services (AWS). In the white paper
“Introduction to AWS Economics,” AWS claims that moving to
their cloud infrastructure will provide
considerable cost savings both variable and upfront as compared
to traditional data centers.
(Amazon Web Services, 2015) See figure 2.
7. Figure 2. AWS Economics. This figure illustrates the estimated
cost for data center models as explained by AWS.
Reprinted from “Introduction to AWS economics - Reducing
costs and complexity” by Amazon Web Services, 2015,
https://d0.awsstatic.com/whitepapers/introduction-to-aws-cloud-
economics-final.pdf
With such promises, it comes as no surprise that companies are
deciding to make the transition.
Many articles are available that discuss the benefits of moving
to the cloud. Many companies are
being baited by the promises of less cost and less maintenance.
Is it true that the cloud can save
money? Possibly. Does the cloud reduce the effort to operate? It
can, but you must also factor in
additional hidden costs that the cloud providers don’t initially
reveal.
On the other hand, there are articles written that caution folks
from making the transition, claiming
that cloud technology is evil and insecure and all of your data is
at risk. After all, the cloud is just
running your systems in someone else's network, right?
In reality, the cloud can actually be safe and secure, and may
even offer some long-term cost
savings. However, it's not all unicorns and rainbows, and
8. especially not up front. Let’s take a look
at some previous approaches and issues that have been
experienced.
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PRIOR TO MAKING THE LEAP
Previous Approaches
Traditional data centers, whether owned or leased, offer limited
space, aging equipment at best, and
limited scalability. Every few years some equipment must be
replaced. Add to that the cost of power,
cooling, maintenance and operations and you have a hefty price
tag on your hands. It’s no secret
that cloud technology reduces some of that overhead and offers
some additional benefits.
Cloud providers, including some of the giants such as Amazon
Web Services (AWS), Microsoft
Azure, and Google Cloud Platform, advertise their many
benefits, some of which can make any Chief
Financial Officer (CFO) want to make the switch yesterday.
An example of one of these benefits is elastic computing which
9. provides scalability. Elastic
Computing as defined by Microsoft is “the ability to
dynamically provision and de-provision
computer processing, memory, and storage resources to meet
changing demands without worrying
about capacity planning and engineering for peak usage,”
(Cloud computing terms, 2018, para. 10).
This means that resources are provided as they are needed.
An example is during a holiday sale on a commercial website,
perhaps the site gets 5 times as many
customers visiting and placing orders than during a normal day
of operations. This influx of traffic
could have devastating effects on an IT system hosted in a
traditional architecture. However,
utilizing the elastic computing concept in the cloud can allow
for more processors to be provisioned
when needed, and then turned back off when the load decreases.
The concept of elastic computing
also saves money in the long run, as you only pay for the
services as they are used.
However, the cloud has had its fair share of problems. Below
are a few of the issues that have been
experienced at the provider level and at the customer level.
10. • In Microsoft Office Suite Exchange Online, both standalone
and Office 365, suffered a
disruption in June of 2014 leaving many companies that relied
on the service for email in the
dark. (Endler, 2014)
• Again, this time in November 2014, Microsoft's Azure cloud
service experienced an 11-hour
outage due to improperly applied updates, which affected many
customers that used the
platform around the globe. (Okyle, 2014).
• Healthcare.gov experienced tremendous system issues when it
tried to launch its cloud
based website in 2013 resulting in error messages, latency, and
downtime that caused many
to not be able to enroll for health care coverage. This issue
resulted in public embarrassment
for the Department of Health and Human Services. (Hendricks,
2014)
David Linthicum, contributor to InfoWorld.com, discussed IT
project failures in recent years, citing
an Innotas survey that depicted a 32 percent failure in 2014, and
a jump to 55 percent failure in
2015. However, in 2016 the failure rate decreased slightly to 50
percent. David attributed these
failure rates to companies migrating to the cloud. He also said
“In fact, I figure you have a one-in-
11. three chance that your cloud project will be considered a
failure, perhaps because you spent way
more than you budgeted or more likely because you pick the
wrong technology or cloud services,”
(2017, para. 4).
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PRIOR TO MAKING THE LEAP
According to a survey conducted by Sungard Availability
Services in 2015, the 3 top reasons for
cloud migration failures as illustrated by Fleece (2015):
Table 1.
Top 3 reasons for cloud migration failures
Reason % of 276 total respondents
Lack of understanding of cloud security and compliance 56%
Lack of clearly-identified business objectives for migrating
to the cloud
55%
Lack of planning 42%
Note: Adapted from “Why cloud computing implementations
12. typically fail” by Fleece, J., 2015, November 17,
https://www.forbes.com/sites/sungardas/2015/11/17/why-cloud-
computing-implementations-typically-fail/
New Findings
As Jeff Fleece of SungardAS wrote “What it all comes down to
is this: businesses need to treat the
cloud exactly the same as any technology enhancement. Cloud
adoption may include a number of
desirable benefits, but you have to think of it as just a new
technology architecture: nothing more,
nothing less,” (2015, para. 11).
Some considerations need to be made to effectively decide if
moving to the cloud is feasible for your
situation so your project doesn’t end in failure. Below you will
find some questions that you can ask
yourself to assist in making an effective decision:
Approach – Depending on your existing systems will determine
the approach you would need
to take should you pursue migrating to the cloud.
• Does your company have existing IT systems that you believe
are good candidates
to host in the cloud?
• If so, are those systems cloud-ready or do they need
significant code changes?
13. New Technology – With the new cloud environment comes all
new terminology and
applications.
• Is your staff educated well enough on the new environment
and technology to
provide support?
• Do you need to hire contractors to help with setting up the
environment?
Security – With new technology comes new sources of attack.
Having an understanding of
how security is implemented and managed in the cloud is a
must.
• Does your staff have the knowledge to effectively secure the
new environment?
• Have you considered the legal regulations that you must abide
by in your business
as it pertains to cloud technology?
Unexpected Costs – Quotes and invoices for cloud computing
are usually dependent on the
amount of data in transit and at rest. However, there are a few
other factors that make that
monthly invoice increase. In addition, training and licenses will
add to the overall price tag as
well.
14. • Do you know how much traffic your website will generate?
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PRIOR TO MAKING THE LEAP
• Do you know how much storage you need?
• Do you have an idea of what licenses you will need to procure
to complete the
transition?
Approach
If you are looking to utilize IaaS-benefits and become a cloud
based company, there are several
approaches you can take depending on if the system you are
looking to make cloud based is an
existing system or not.
New Systems – If you are either a new start-up company or are
an existing company that is
looking to build a new system in the cloud, this approach is
much easier than the rest. You
can design the application from the beginning to interface with
the cloud technology.
However, being a new system does not make the system immune
15. to configuration errors,
security threats, or the hidden costs described further on.
Lift and shift – This approach refers to lifting an existing IT
system that is not built for the
advanced features of the cloud and shifting it to the new cloud
environment without very
many modifications.
Figure 3. Lift and Shift – Moving a system from one location to
another without many modifications.
Essentially, the existing IT system is running as if it were still
in a traditional data center
with all of the traditional limitations. In order to take advantage
of the cloud capabilities of
automation using application programming interfaces (APIs),
load balancing, and auto-
scaling, the application has to be designed for it. Margaret
Rouse wrote an article for tech
target describing the lift and shift approach and made a
comparison to moving a houseplant
(2017, para. 5):
Lifting and shifting can be compared to moving a houseplant
from one
16. environment to another; being in a different habitat can affect
whether the
plant will thrive. Likewise, an IT project that started in an on-
premises or
original legacy system might not work as well in a new
location.
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PRIOR TO MAKING THE LEAP
Modernize and release - For existing applications, this approach
may have the best end
result, but it also has the highest price tag. While you are
designing the application and
developing the new cloud environment, you must continue to
support the existing system
within the original data center. This means for a period of time,
you will have two invoices
each month, one for the current environment and one for the
future environment. In addition
to the double cost, another consideration with this type of
approach is return on investment.
The business unit within your organization that utilizes the
system does not get to see any
17. benefit to the rewrite of the application until there is something
available to demo within the
new cloud environment.
New Technology
The technology within the cloud environment has some of the
underlying components shared with
traditional data centers, like virtual servers, operating systems,
IP addressing, etc. However, there
are many new tools and additional terminology that system
administrators must become
accustomed to. As a cloud administrator, he or she must
understand virtual machine and virtual
network configuration, provisioning and automation,
interconnectivity between instances, and
much more.
Furthermore, some of the existing IT roles may no longer be
necessary for administrators. In the
white paper titled “The impact of cloud computing: Should the
IT Department be organized as a cost
center or a profit center,” it was stated that “As more services
are procured from cloud vendors, the
need for functions within the IT department that serve to
administer, monitor, and maintain the IT
18. infrastructure will be considerably diminished or even
eliminated” (Choudhary, V., & Vithayathil, J.,
2013, para. 66). Some considerations for the roles of your
administrators need to be made prior to
implementation.
Security
One security concern is for auditing of who has access to your
data, both physically and logically.
Many organizations can audit access control to their data center
and see who entered the premises,
or determine how secure the facility is. That’s not really a
possibility in a cloud environment. In
addition, who has access to your virtual servers? In an article
discussing cloud adoption based on
perceived risks, it was stated that “organizations cannot ignore
the fact that once their corporate
proprietary information is transferred over to a Cloud service
provider, it can no longer be
considered private and confidential” (Ho, Booth, & Ocasio-
Velazquez, 2017, para. 504). This is a
considerable issue and a sticking point for many organizations.
Another consideration for security is that cloud design is
typically based on the idea that multiple
19. tenants share the cloud resources, which can be an audit concern
for many regulated
organizations. Many auditors and security professionals feel
that any shared technology can
potentially expose your assets through vulnerabilities in the
multi-tenant architecture. How strong
are the mechanisms that provide isolation to your data? Two
recent vulnerabilities in 2018,
Meltdown and Spectre, are among some of those threats that
pose a risk to application isolation
requiring both firmware and operating system level patching
(Donohue, 2018).
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PRIOR TO MAKING THE LEAP
JP Morgenthal was quoted in a Forbes article as saying:
There are not as many trained professionals with skills on how
to secure cloud
applications and, thus, there is a greater likelihood of a mistake
in the configuration of
20. a cloud environment. These mistakes are a lot more difficult to
make in a private data
center. However, each is open to breach. (Poremba, 2018, para.
2).
The best bet for keeping security in any environment under
control is to have educated staff that
know your systems and environment, conduct regular routine
patching, limit access for users,
systems, and applications to least privilege, and be familiar
with what's happening in your
environment through monitoring, logging, and auditing.
Unexpected Costs
As mentioned previously, elastic computing allows for
provisioning of servers automatically.
However, if you are not aware of the amount of expected traffic
and plan for the additional usage,
you may incur additional costs that you didn’t plan for.
In addition, another type of unexpected cost can come in the
form of cloud sprawl. Cloud sprawl is
an over-abundance of virtual servers, instances of applications,
or services running than are
needed, and frequently without the knowledge from the
company until the monthly invoice shows
21. up. These virtual servers are frequently turned on by a
developer or engineer to do some testing and
then abandoned. It is usually very easy in the cloud
environments to initiate new servers or services
and not quite as easy to monitor and manage them. This of
course benefits the cloud provider, who
stands to make more money with more servers being utilized.
Additionally, unmanaged virtual machines pose a security risk.
In an article from the International
Journal of Emerging Engineering Research and Technology, it
discussed virtual machine sprawl,
stating “This dynamic nature and possible for VM sprawl makes
it difficult to achieve and maintain
consistent security,” (Ballada, 2017, para. 14).
Therefore, it is very important as a consumer to have a plan in
place to monitor cloud storage and
maintain the environment so those unexpected line items don’t
show up on the monthly bill.
Conclusion
There are many reasons one may consider the cloud as a viable
option for hosting one’s services.
The benefits of potential lower cost, flexible scalability, and no
aging equipment are worth
considering. However, the transition must be successful in order
22. to achieve any of these benefits.
Many companies have attempted the transition and suffered for
failed altogether. This is primarily
due to lack of planning and education.
Know your applications and decide if they are good candidates
for the new environment. Realize
that new technology is hard to support if you do not have staff
educated in that technology. Plan to
incorporate security up front so you don’t build in
vulnerabilities into the architecture. Finally,
realize that there will be unexpected costs. Budget for failure.
Allow enough time to build these
concepts into your final plan and you may be a success story.
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PRIOR TO MAKING THE LEAP
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