Explain the relevance of cloud-based hosting today
What will be an ideal response?
Three factors have made cloud-based hosting advantageous today. First, processors, data communication, and data storage are so cheap that they are nearly free. Because data communication is so cheap, getting the data to and from that processor is also nearly free.
Second, virtualization technology enables the near instantaneous creation of a new virtual machine. The customer provides (or creates in the cloud) a disk image of the data and programs of the machine it wants to provision. Virtualization software takes it from there. Finally, as stated, Internet-based standards enable cloud-hosting vendors to provide processing capabilities in flexible yet standardized ways.
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Which phase in the project life cycle involves evaluating expected costs, benefits, and risks?
a) conception b) feasibility analysis or study c) planning d) execution e) termination
Sean works for a defense contractor. This contractor has a contract to sell 2 million pocket
flashlights per year to the military at a price of "one dollar more than the cost to produce". The contractor has elaborate and detailed reports on the cost of making these flashlights. Copies of these reports are submitted to the government. Sean knows that some of the information in these reports calculating a cost per flashlight of $243.00 is false. Which of the following is true? A) Sean can report this information to the government, but Sean cannot gain financially by doing so. B) Because of Sean's knowledge, he is equally guilty as the corporation of committing fraud. C) Sean could possibly receive a portion of the recovery, but only if the government chooses to not intervene in the suit. D) Sean could file a suit against the contractor under the Civil False Claims Act, and if the case is successful, receive a portion of the recovery.