For this project my Instruction manual is on installing Windows 10 on Hyper-V Virtual Machine. See goggle doc link below:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vQa_VZhtKL8DKydvxA78gbBcz19wR439QUczztkXJjiD0AkgD6zJKGeDWZuzyKsZZO1V4hkJDpMwVfO/pub
Author: Andrew .D
Expanded Definition of Amazon Web Service (AWS)
TO: Prof. EllisÂ
FROM: Andrew DindyalÂ
DATE: 3/26/21Â
SUBJECT: Expanded Definition of Amazon Web Service (AWS)
Introduction
Although Amazon.com Incorporation is most popularly known as a web-based retail and logistics company, one of its products, Amazon Web Services has become an essential resource for several organizations across various technological industries (Amazon Web Services Inc. 2021). This paper defines Amazon Web Services and what it entails together with its relevance. This paper analyzes Amazon Web Services within a commercial context as well as in relation to the future of information technology to add more perspectives. I attempt to outline the connection between Amazon Web Series and my major in Computer Systems through a working definition.
Definitions
Amazon Web Services is a multi-faceted web-based program that provides a âleading cloud-computing platformâ to its clients worldwide (Page, 2020). âCloud-computingâ refers to a service that enables the client to preserve and freely obtain âdataâ online without the client having to use âhard drivesâ (Guru99, 2021). Similarly, Guru99 (2021) defines Amazon Website Services as âa platform that offers flexible, reliable, scalable, easy-to-use and cost-effective cloud computing solutions.â Moreover, the Amazon Web Services Inc. (2021) website defines it as âthe worldâs most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform.â As such, all these definitions acknowledge that Amazon Web Services avails âcloud-computingâ services, which allow one to retrieve the information from âremote serversâ (Guru99, 2021). âRemote serversâ are computers that provide access to âfilesâ for âusers that are not on a Local Area Network but need remote access to it, such that the users gain access to files and print services on the Local Area Network from a remote locationâ (The Law Dictionary, n.d.). Only the Amazon Web Services Inc. (2021) website mentions the global use of Amazon Web Services in its definition. In simple terms, therefore, Amazon Web Services is a collection of facilities provided by Amazon Inc. through which customers can preserve and retrieve web-based information and other materials from numerous locations worldwide at any time (Amazon Web Services Inc., 2021).
Amazon Web Services includes various products that feature capabilities such as âanalytics, application integration, block-chain, cost-management, computing facilities, machine learning, networking and content delivery, storage, and databasesâ (Amazon Web Services Inc., 2021). These products are currently being applied to identify better ways of enhancing the availability of information to more customers globally (Amazon Web Services Inc., 2021).
Contexts
Within a commercial context, Amazon Web Services has been successful in expanding its utilization to more customers around the world, by creating a diverse and vast customer base (Amazon Web Services Inc., 2021). Herrman (2021) explains that âIf you watch Netflix, or if you have a meeting on Zoom, or if you check Pinterest, or scroll through Twitterâ, then you are most likely using facilities provided by Amazon Web Services. This implies that in the current technological era, facilities that allow for unlimited preservation and retrieval of web-based information are relevant in almost every sphere of our lives. Organizations that can optimally use such facilities are guaranteed a competitive advantage in their industries. This speaks to the commercial success of Amazon Web Services since it is currently filling gaps in industries such as âadvertising and marketing, financial service providers, manufacturing, popular media and entertainment, telecommunications, travel and hospitality, manufacturing, electronic game technologies, and healthcareâ (Amazon Web Services Inc., 2021).
The future, demands that we identify faster, cheaper, and more convenient means of preserving and retrieving web-based information. Amazon Web Services can be recognized as a trendsetter in this endeavor due to their dedication and continued research aimed at improving their product portfolio (Amazon Web Services Inc., 2021). Cook (2018) argues that âthe challenge for Amazon Web Services in the coming years will be to accelerate the development of its functionality while increasing the level of security offered to customersâ. This implies that there are various barriers in optimizing the availability of web-based information posed mainly by internet users. Furthermore, the ethical and legal boundaries surrounding web-based information availability are currently not clearly defined. So, to enhance the safe preservation and retrieval of web-based information, adequate international regulations and guidelines may be necessary.
Working Definition
Amazon Web Services is associated with my major in Computer Systems because it provides an example of one of the most relevant contemporary uses of Information Technology systems. Fundamentally, Amazon Web Services has set the pace for profitable and efficient utilization of Information Technology facilities by organizations, by relating with my major through laying the foundation for enhanced preservation and retrieval of web-based information. It has also informed us of the current barriers to optimizing the availability of web-based information, thereby directing us on the measures that can be taken for future improvements. Also, since my major in Computer Systems encompasses how information technology can be profitably used in a business setting, Amazon Web Services is an exceptional benchmark from which we can learn how to better apply information technology in providing an organization with a competitive advantage over its opponents. Amazon Web Services are a group of information technology products aimed at enhancing the preservation and retrieval of web-based information.
References
Amazon Web Services Inc. (2021). What is AWS? https://aws.amazon.com/what-is-aws/
Cook, B. (2018, July). Formal reasoning about the security of amazon web services. In International Conference on Computer Aided Verification (pp. 38-47). Springer, Cham.
Guru99. (2021). What is AWS? Amazon Cloud Services Tutorial. https://www.guru99.com/what-is-aws.html
Herrman, J. (2020) What, Exactly, Is Amazon Web Services? The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/09/style/amazon-web-services.html
Page, V. (2020). What Is Amazon Web Services and Why Is It so Successful? Investopedia. https://www.investopedia.com/articles/investing/011316/what-amazon-web-services-and-why-it-so-successful.asp
The Law Dictionary. (n.d.). What is REMOTE SERVER? https://thelawdictionary.org/remote-server/#:~:text=A%20server%20that%20is%20dedicated,LAN%20from%20a%20remote%20location
Summary of “Cloud Computing in Amazon and Microsoft Azure platforms: Performance and service comparison”
The following is a 500 words summary of a comparison of cloud computing performance services in Amazon and Microsoft platforms. Cloud computing is a technology that enables the flexibility to access a wide range of system computer resources by operating independently. The main advantage of using cloud computing is that there is an initial investment in the information system. The main obstacle of cloud computing is that it is a distributed technology in the global market. We live in territorially limited jurisdictions, making it hard to protect the data and confidentiality.
First, Extensive research has been carried out to assert methodology and evaluation of service performance. Therefore, this paper compared the two cloud computing platforms by looking at the cloud computing service’s architecture and categories and related work. The cloud computers architecture mode is based on entities; front end, representing users controllable infrastructure characteristics; back end, representing cloud providers infrastructure; central server, responsible for service management, traffic, and clients request; hardware layer, responsible for managing cloud physical cloud resources; virtualization layer, which includes computing and storage resources; layer platform, consists of applied operating system and application framework; application layer, this layer is the top of clouding architecture hierarchy layers, it consists of up to date cloud applications.
Second, All these layers provide three categories of services; infrastructure as-service (IaaS), which is a service provision model that outsource organizational equipment to support users operations such as storage; platform-as-a-service(PaaS), this platform allows the user to rent virtualized servers and associate services for the user of the existing application; software-as-a-service, which represents software distribution model that relies on the applications hosted by the service provider and their availability and global accessibility to the user via a specific internet.
Third, Microsoft Azure has a very flexible cloud platform that allows the users to develop applications and manage their data by using Microsoft data center network. Any technological tool can be used to integrate public cloud computing with the available IT environment. To subscribe to Azure, it is necessary to use some Microsoft Live accounts such as Outlook and credit cards. The service’s main features include low price, high speed, scalability, openness, adaptability, and guaranteed security. Mazon provides online services to other websites or client applications; thus, most of these services are not available to end-users but instead allow the developers the use and advantage of Amazon platform functionalities while developing their applications.
In conclusion, After reviewing virtual machines on Microsoft and Azure cloud computing performance, it was concluded that, when it comes to performances, test results give a slight advantage to the MS Azure platform when CPU and disk-intensive operations are concerned. However, memory tests give one step up for the AWS test system. It is understandable, considering that this MS Azure instance of virtual hardware is stronger, confirmed by the obtained test results. And when it comes to managing virtual resources, the results favored Amazon since it offers more fine system tuning features and gives more options oriented to working Linux virtual machines.
References
B. S. ÄorÄeviÄ, S. P. JovanoviÄ and V. V. TimÄenko, “Cloud Computing in Amazon and Microsoft Azure platforms: Performance and service comparison,” 2014 22nd Telecommunications Forum Telfor (TELFOR), Belgrade, Serbia, 2014, pp. 931-934, doi: 10.1109/TELFOR.2014.7034558. https://ieeexplore-ieee-org.citytech.ezproxy.cuny.edu/document/7034558/citations#citations
