Explain the concepts of virtualization based on the business scenario. Powerpoint Presentation.

In this milestone, you will explain the concepts of virtualization
based on the business scenario provided. This milestone will prepare you
for your Project One that is due in Module Five. If you have questions
or want to share ideas about this project, please post them to the
General Questions discussion.

Scenario

The company you work for, Packages Plus Delivery (PPD), currently
houses its physical computing environments on site. Packages Plus
Delivery is growing, including the number of packages delivered and the
number of employees hired each quarter. As a result of this growth and
to better meet the needs of the clients, organizational leadership
recently made the decision to virtualize all computing environments.

Leadership is deciding between internal virtualization and the use of
an external vendor. They are also considering a move to cloud-based
architecture but want to know more about the risks and cost benefits of
moving to a cloud environment.

As a virtual solutions analyst at Packages Plus Delivery, you serve
on the Virtualization Transition Committee. This group has been asked to
create a presentation that emphasizes how the decision to move to
virtualization will improve business strategy, and what the options are
if the company considers moving the infrastructure to a cloud
environment. Your presentation will ensure that leadership makes an
informed decision.

Prompt

You have been asked to create a presentation that supports the
company’s decision to move to virtualization. Within the presentation,
you must address each of the following critical elements:

1. Describe how the company’s decision to move to a virtual computing
   environment will impact its business strategy. If you use sources, be
   sure to provide a citation.
   You must include:
   • The benefits of your company’s decision to move to a virtual computing environment
   • The constraints of the decision to move to a virtual computing environment
   • An explanation of how moving to virtualization will impact the scalability of the business
     • The costs of moving to virtualization
     • The hardware and software, and other technologies involved
2. In order to provide the most detailed information, you need to compare the implications of the organization moving to a virtual environment using its hardware servers in-house with the implications of using a third-party vendor
   to virtualize. You may create a visual (such as a Venn diagram) or
   write a passage to explain these concepts. You will need to compare the
   following factors and describe the advantages, disadvantages, and risks
   associated with each:
   • Cost: equipment such as hardware and software, maintenance (e.g.,
     upgrades and backups), licensing, security (e.g., shared responsibility,
     on premises)
   • Capacity
   • Agility
   • Service availability

What to Submit

Your submission should be a presentation file (.ppt, PDF, .doc).

Your presentation must include:

• The evidence that supports your company’s decision to move to virtualization
• A comparison of creating a virtual environment in-house to using an external vendor