cloud computing discussion 7

The discussion questions this week are from Chapter’s 16, 17, 18, 19 & 20 (Jamsa, 2013). Each chapter 4 topics and use only 50-words max per topic to discuss and present your answer.

Chapter 16 topics:

· Define and describe a capital expense. How are capital expenses different from operational expenses?

· Define and describe economies of scale and provide a cloud-based example.

· Define and describe “right sizing” as it pertains to cloud computing.

· Define Moore’s law and discus how it might influence cloud migration.

Chapter 17 topics:

· Compare and contrast functional and nonfunctional requirements and provide an example of each.

· Discuss why a designer should avoid selecting an implementation platform for as long as possible during the design process.

· Discuss various trade-offs a designer may need to make with respect to nonfunctional requirements.

· Discuss why the system maintenance phase is often the most expensive phase of the software development life cycle.

Chapter 18 topics:

· Using Yahoo! Pipes, create a pipe that displays the names of pizza restaurants within a given zip code.

· Using Google App Engine, create a page that displays the following Python script:

. print “Content-type: text/html\n\n”

. print “<html>Cloud Computing, Chapter 18</html>”

Chapter 19 topics:

· Define scalability.

· List five to ten potential relationships that align with the Pareto principle, such as how 80 percent of sales come from 20 percent of customers.

· Compare and contrast vertical and horizontal scaling.

· Explain the importance of the database read/write ratio.

Chapter 20 topics:

· List and describe five ways you think the cloud will change the future of TV.

· List and describe five potential uses for intelligent fabric.

· Discuss how the cloud will impact future operating systems.

· List and describe three potential location-aware applications.

Please write 2-3 pages with no plagiarism and need this document tomorrow Tuesday at 3 PM EST time.