7.4.5 Cloud sourcing and cloud portability, and their implications for service providers and organisations (subscribers)

Question 1

Explain:

Cloud sourcing

Answer 1

Where organisations will outsource business processes to a third party (a service provider)

Question 2

Fill The Blank:

Subscribers ………… the service providers for services such as ………., ………., SaaS and DaaS.

Answer 2

Pay, PaaS (platform as a Service), IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service)

Question 3

State:

One example of a well-known cloud source used by individuals for storage and sharing of data and files

Answer 3

Dropbox

Question 4

Fill The Blank:

Cloud sourcing is easier for …………. (up or down) and the service …………….. is ……………….. for services are up-to-date and maintained as opposed to the subscribers employing technical teams to do it for them

Answer 4

Scalability, Provider, Responsible

Question 5

Fill The Blank:

The market for cloud ………… has rapidly expanded and the smaller ……………. providers have to find new innovative ways to retain their share of the ………………..

Answer 5

Sourcing, Service, Market

Question 6

Define:

Cloud Portability

Answer 6

Ability for organisations to move their applications, platforms and/or data between service providers

Question 7

Fill The Blank:

Providers want to ‘…….-in’ their subscribers so do not offer ………………. between platforms - this can also stop potential subscribers from …………… up because of these restrictions

Answer 7

Lock, Portability, Signing

Question 8

Fill The Blank:

Organisations must consider what cloud computing is most …………….. based on their needs and those of other ……………………..

Answer 8

Suitable, Stakeholders