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Cloud Computing as a BCM tool
Lukášová, Pavlína ; Chlapek, Dušan (advisor) ; Dotlačil, Jaroslav (referee)
This thesis deals with possible interconnections between two concepts playing a big role in contemporary business and IT world. These concepts are Business Continuity Management and Cloud Computing. In the scope of this thesis there are certain areas identified where both concepts are complement, where Cloud Computing brings new opportunities for Business Continuity Management and where could possible problems arise during particular implementation. From the BCM perspective the impact lies on IT services, from the Cloud Computing perspective the thesis deals especially with security aspects. The thesis is also aimed at the characteristics of higher education and basic differences from commercial sphere. Based on defined differences and identified interconnections between BCM and Cloud Computing, the thesis argues for usage of suitable Cloud Computing solution for higher education regarding Business Continuity improvement. The multi-criterion comparison of several Infrastructure-as-a-Service solutions stems from this analysis focusing on technical, financial, and Business Continuity aspects. The result from this comparison together with conclusions from previous chapters serve as an input for subsequent practical proposal of Cloud Computing solution and its verification against Business Continuity improvement in specific conditions on University of Economics in Prague. The proposal is also represented by strategic map.
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Practical testing of current virtualization technologies, comparison of services on Czech and foreign market
Rudolf, Michal ; Bruckner, Tomáš (advisor) ; Pavlíček, Luboš (referee)
The main objective of this work is to provide information on the newest trends in hardware virtualization technologies and Cloud computing. At first, the work provides information on the functioning principles of all types of virtualization technologies. Key terminology relating to virtualization technology is explained here. The main part of the work comprises practical testing of chosen virtualization technologies performance. Performance testing is done by means of benchmark applications that measure the performance of the most important system parameters. During the testing, virtualization technologies are compared according to the attained results. The result of the testing is a summary of performance overhead of individual virtualization technologies compared to physical server without a virtualization layer. The last part is focused on identification of main players on expanding Cloud service market, whose services present an alternative to purchasing one's own hardware.
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Comparison of online office applications
Chaloupecký, Martin ; Kučera, Jan (advisor) ; Chlapek, Dušan (referee)
This thesis deals with the online office applications. Its objective is to provide an overview of available information about online office applications, define the criteria and approach to comparison of the online office applications, compare the selected online office applications, analyze the current state of the market for online office applications and make a research dealing with the use of office applications by end users. The first part of the thesis provides a theoretical basis, bringing the categories of office suites. This part is focused on the category of online office applications and the technology used to deliver them. Second part contains the necessary definition of evaluation criteria. Using these criteria word processor, spreadsheet, presentation creation tool, file manager and cooperation possibilities are compared. The thesis also includes research in the field of office applications. Overview of the market of desktop and online office applications is also part of this thesis. This thesis may be useful for individuals or organizations in choosing suitable office applications.
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Kľúčové faktory úspechu nasadenie cloudových služieb
Jerkovič, Martin ; Feuerlicht, Jiří (advisor) ; Burkoň, Lukáš (referee)
Bachelor Thesis deals with one of the biggest phenomenom of latest times in IT world -- cloud computing. Cloud computing is still "buzzword" and thus first part of Bachelor Thesis defines fundamentals, classification and characteristics of this revolutionary solution. Second part is analytical and it covers the biggest issues that come with adoption of cloud services such as security, compliance, IT organization and many others. Results of comprehensive analysis are used in third part which is the most important. It lists key success factors for adoption of cloud services which is also an objective of Thesis. They are defined as set of recommendations with brief description.
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Transformation of applications to Windows Azure
David, Martin ; Gála, Libor (advisor) ; Řehořík, Filip (referee)
This diploma thesis deals with Cloud computing, in particular its implementation of Microsoft's Windows Azure platform. The following objectives were defined for the thesis, which is analyzing and identifying the essential characteristics of Cloud computing with a focus on the Windows Azure platform, characterizing the key differences of applications in the cloud than on-premise applications, formulate recommendations for enabling transformation of existing applications into the Microsoft Cloud computing, which is delivered as a service. The main contribution of the work is to identify key differences between Windows Azure and on-premise solution. Creating recommendations to minimize the negative impact of these differences and maximize the benefits associated with the use of Windows Azure Cloud Computing platform.
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Microsoft's Platform as a Service from the Provider's Perspective
Krejča, Robert ; Gála, Libor (advisor) ; Cihelka, Pavel (referee)
This work deals with providing of a Microsoft's platform as a service from the view of the provider. The goal of this work is to identify and characterize activities which must be taken by a company interested in providing the Microsoft's platform as a service, in order to be successful. In the preliminary part of the work, basic concepts of providing IT services over the Internet, also known as a cloud computing, are described. Author further clarifies what exactly Microsoft's platform is, how it can be provided, who can become a provider and what conditions need to be fulfill in order to happen so. The final part of this work identifies basic activities that are necessary to be taken for a company interested in providing Microsoft's platform as a service to actually become a provider. To make sure that all the activities are well understood, author classifies them in to four dimensions. These dimensions are activities related to fulfill Microsoft's conditions, activities related to build an infrastructure, activities related to providing the platform and finally activities related to securing the platform. All the activities are then described in the detail and author tries to point out all the weak aspects of each activity.
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BI as a service
Musil, Martin ; Slánský, David (advisor) ; Pour, Jan (referee)
The main objective of the thesis is to present SaaS business intelligence as a set of concepts and methods aimed at improvement of business decision making process based on Software as a Service model. To understand this, it's important to describe first general principles, on which are based conventional so-called on-premises solutions and the means how they work. It's also necessary to present Software as a Service as today's very popular software deployment model. Further objective is the description of these solutions, introduction of their strengths, weaknesses and guidelines how to choose a suitable service provider. Final objective of the thesis is to compare these two different methods of BI tools deployment, in that case on-premises and on-demand and to sketch out means, following them will be possible to decide for one of the methods.
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Cloud computing with regard to technological aspects and changes in infrastructure
Vítek, Daniel ; Donát, Jiří (advisor) ; Bruckner, Tomáš (referee)
This thesis discusses the new way of delivering IT services over the Internet widely known as cloud computing. In its opening part, cloud computing is put into a historical context of the evolution of enterprise computing, and the dominant issues the IT department faces today are mentioned. Further, the paper deals with several components that make up the architecture of cloud computing and reviews the benefits and drawbacks an enterprise can have while it adopts this new model. One of the primary aims of this thesis is to identify the impact of the technology trends on cloud computing. The thesis brings together four major computing trends, namely virtualization, multi-tenant architecture, service-oriented architecture and grid computing. Another aim is to focus on two trends related to IT infrastructure that will lead to fundamental changes in IT industry. The first of them is the emergence of extremely large-scale data centers at low cost locations, which can serve tremendous amount of customers and achieve considerable economies of scale. The second trend this paper points out is the shift from multi-purpose all-in-one computers into a wide range of mobile devices dedicated to a specific user's needs. The last aim of this thesis is to clarify the economic impact of cloud computing in terms of costs and changes in business models. The thesis concludes by evaluating the current adoption and predicting the future trend of cloud computing.
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Cloud Computing in Czech enviroment
Margaris, Nikos ; Feuerlicht, Jiří (advisor) ; Kunstová, Renáta (referee)
Focus of this diploma thesis is on Cloud Computing -- a new delivery model of IS/ICT services for companies. Cloud Computing services are IT resources available to users via internet on pay-as-you-use basis. The aim of the thesis is define underlying Cloud Computing concepts and evaluate the current state of Cloud Computing adoption in the Czech Republic. We discuss the framework for definition of Cloud Computing concepts in the theoretical part of the thesis drawing on resources available in the literature. Cloud Computing survey is conducted using an online questionnaire and followsthe principles established in theoretical part. The main contribution of this thesis is creating working definition of Cloud Computing and identifying reasons that affect adoption rate in the Czech Republic.
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