NMIMS Global Access
School for Continuing Education (NGA-SCE)
Course: Cloud Computing
Internal Assignment Applicable for December 2021 Examination
Assignment Marks: 30
Instructions:
All Questions carry equal marks.
All Questions are compulsory
All answers to be explained in not more than 1000 words for question 1 and 2 and for
question 3 in not more than 500 words for each subsection. Use relevant examples,
illustrations as far as possible.
All answers to be written individually. Discussion and group work is not advisable.
Students are free to refer to any books/reference material/website/internet for attempting
their assignments, but are not allowed to copy the matter as it is from the source of
reference.
Students should write the assignment in their own words. Copying of assignments from
other students is not allowed
Students should follow the following parameter for answering the assignment questions.
1. You are the Global CIO of a now Global (through acquisitions) Bank headquartered in
UAE. The Bank is consolidating and restructuring itself as a single integrated Bank. As
the Global CIO, you are keen to articulate a Global IT Policy and you’re evaluating the
use of cloud and the right choice for the deployment model for your bank globally.
| For Theoretical Answer | |
| Assessment Parameter | Weightage |
| Introduction | 20% |
| Concepts and Application related to the question | 60% |
| Conclusion | 20% |
| For Numerical Answer | |
| Assessment Parameter | Weightage |
| Understanding and usage of the formula | 20% |
| Procedure / Steps | 50% |
| Correct Answer & Interpretation | 30% |
NMIMS Global Access
School for Continuing Education (NGA-SCE)
Course: Cloud Computing
Internal Assignment Applicable for December 2021 Examination
Prepare a 2-Page Executive Summary to serve as the basis of an Executive Meeting with
the Leadership of your firm and the Country CIOs to discuss this initiative. (10 Marks)
2. You are the CTO of Trojan Sporting, a 20-year manufacturer of Recreational Vehicles.
You’re managing a portfolio of mature & enterprise applications and huge databases and
want to leverage the benefits of cloud computing. Specifically, you are evaluating (a)
whether to opt for IaaS, PaaS or SaaS and (b) AWS or Azure. Prepare a 2-Page Executive
Summary of your research and recommendations for presentation to the Leadership of
Trojan Sporting. You may get more details by visiting the web site of these firms or you
can make your own assumptions. (10 Marks)
3. The Top Management of Faisal Insurance is meeting to discuss their plan for a new Core
Insurance Solution. Both the Mr Fayaz, Head of Underwriting and the COO, Mr. Mirza
are of the strong opinion that the company should develop and implement a customdeveloped Core Insurance Product to be developed by the company’s regular IT Partner.
On the other hand, both, CIO, Mr. Aiyer and Ms Noushad, CFO are keen to move to a
commercially available Cloud-based SaaS Core Insurance Product. The debate is getting
heated as Ms Noushad also recalled past IT system implementation failures.
a. What arguments can Mr. Fayaz make in favor of a custom-developed Core Insurance
Product? (5 Marks)
b. What arguments can Mr Aiyer make in favor of a commercially available Cloud-based
SaaS Core Insurance Product? (5 Marks)
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