Problem
An IT analyst for Dominion Online, a company providing voting solutions to a global client base, you are working to convince the organization to move its infrastructure to a public cloud. With the growth the company is experiencing, and the internal data centers maxed out, you want to get the executives on board with moving to a public cloud rather than trying to expand the current infrastructure.
1. Briefly explain the following to executives of Dominion Online.
2. Explain the systems architecture of the cloud - cloud infrastructure, cloud service, cloud platform, and cloud storage.
3. Assess and compare cloud services delivery models (XaaS).
4. Evaluate deployment models - private, public, hybrid, etc.
5. Investigate the underlying technologies (virtualization, data center infrastructure, servers).