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A research and development (R&D) organisation may not benefit from cloud technology because of the sensitivity of the information it stores.

• True

• False

Which of the following is a reason why the health service may not benefit from moving to cloud technology?

• A. A potential for patient data to be disclosed.

• B. Lack of facilities available to duplicate the data during the transition.

• C. The expense of moving data to the cloud.

• D. The need to retrain the staff resulting in delays to patient care.

Organisations which have considerable investment in their own traditional IT infrastructures are likely to resist a move to cloud technology.

• True

• False

Select the statements which describe the responsibilities of vendor management staff.

• Costing the resource allocations.

• Monitoring and managing cloud resources.

• Negotiating service-level contracts.

• Updating service-level contracts.

Which role is responsible for the transition of an organisation to cloud services?

• Capacity planner

• Cloud architect

• Cloud service manager

• Network operation centre staff

Identify the similarities of ownership between utilising cloud technology and outsourcing.

• You do not own the data.

• You do not own the platforms.

• You do not own the servers.

• You do not own the technicians that operate it.

The customer should not be able to tell if the company is using outsourcing or cloud technology.

• True

• False

What needs to be considered when implementing a cloud service to support varying IT resource demand?

• Cloud service portability

• On-demand self-service

• Scalability

• Variable cost

The process that translates unique IT hardware into an emulated software-based copy meets which business consideration?

• Distribution over the internet

• Hardware independence

• Hypervisor

• Variable cost

What are the features of cloud technology that allow the time to market for a product to be reduced?

• It allows competitors' applications to be decompiled and rebuilt

• It allows prototypes to be rapidly developed.

• It allows the application to be configured to run on specific hardware, reducing the number of platforms it needs to be developed for.

• It allows virtualised test environments to be quickly established.

• It utilises a standard library of routines decreasing coding time.