The network as "somewhere else": everything as a service and the idea of "the cloud"

ITM501 - Mgt. Info. Syst. and Bus. Strategy

Module
- Describe the traditional differentiation between information products and services, and explain the increasing futility of maintaining this distinction
- Differentiate cloud computing from the more traditional client/server approach, and identify the costs of choosing wrong
Case
- Define the terms "cloud computing" and "software as a service"
- Explain how conversion to "the cloud" might be accomplished and safeguarded
SLP
- Use "software as a service" within the context of "cloud computing"
TD
- Discuss services and "the cloud" with colleagues