Summary of Position:

Cloud Computing Architecture focuses on cost/benefit analysis to determine the financial, operational, and technical feasibility of adopting external cloud based IT platform and infrastructure services including: •Platform-as-a-service (PAAS) that provides a scalable platform for application development and deployment, including software development tools that provide ready-made functionality for common application development tasks and outsourcing of system administration tasks •Infrastructure-as-a-service (IAAS) that provides scalable IT infrastructure including servers, security devices, info-communications networking, mass storage, and associated systems software •Evaluating the cost/benefit of cloud vs. virtual private networks vs. dedicated hosting vs. in house solutions and identifying portions of the organization’s IT platform/infrastructure with the highest potential return for cloud deployment •Managing the implementation of cloud ser...