4. 4.1 Big Data Introduction In 2004, Wal-Mart claimed to have the largest data warehouse with 500 terabytes storage (equivalent to 50 printed collections of the US Library of Congress). In 2009, eBay storage amounted to eight petabytes (think of 104 years of HD-TV video). Two years later, the Yahoo warehouse totalled 170 petabytes1 (8.5 times of all hard disk drives created in 1995)2. Since the rise of digitisation, enterprises from various verticals have amassed burgeoning amounts of digital
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Contents Introduction 4 Company’s profile 5 MISSION 5 VISION 5 VALUES 5 SWOT ANALYSIS FOR SONY CORPORATION 6 INTERNAL FACTORS 6 Strength 6 WEAKNESS 7 EXTERNAL FACTORS 8 Opportunities 8 THREATS 9 PEST ANALYSIS FOR SONY CORPORATION 9 Political Factors 9 ECONOMICAL FACTORS 10 SOCIAL FACTORS 10 TECHNOLOGICAL FACTORS 11 GAP ANALYSIS 11 Porter’s five forces model of competition analysis 12 Threat of New Entrants (low) 12 Bargaining power of suppliers (low) 12 Bargaining power of Buyers –High 13
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economy. Moreover, it is not limited to IT-related business but the introduction in various areas will create value. B. Background of emerging big data In fact, there are many efforts to extract meaningful information through collection and analysis of huge amount of data. Through this effort, many companies and government try to find a solution of several problems. However, as the amount of information is getting out of hand, they need another quick solution that collect and analyze huge data
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radio spectrum and satellite orbits, develops the technical standards that ensure networks and technologies seamlessly interconnect, and strives to improve access to ICTs to underserved communities worldwide, to name a few. see www.ericsson.com Amazon Web Services(AWS) is an IT infrastructure referred to as ‘cloud computing’ provides agility, elasticity, flexibility, low cost, and security to thousands of businesses worldwide. Ericcson was able to benefit from Amazon’s AWS in terms of cost reduction
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Amazon's Strategy Jeannine Worthem XBIS/219 June 17, 2012 Julie Kennedy Amazon's Strategy It is always a very nice experience to shop on-line with Amazon.com. Amazon is one of the few places that I have searched for product that it does not take me hours to find what I am looking for. They offer more in retailing than any other web site visited so far, and when online they soften the risk of mail ordering by free shipping. Sometimes they even say “Thank You” by sending bonus products
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using Internet technologies”. Cloud computing services had been provided by major vendors such as Google, Amazon, Microsoft, IBM, Hewlett-Packard, and others for business computing until recently when Apple Corporation announced iCloud for consumers. Therefore, cloud computing is now available for businesses as well as consumers. This case study will explain the how Ericsson benefitted from Amazon Web Services (AWS) in terms of cost reduction, automated software updates, remote access, and on-demand
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Stockholm and NASDAQ New York. Ericsson uses Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), and RightScale for provisioning and auto-scale functionality. They host in multiple AWS locations with failover between installations, partly based on RightScale features. Ericsson explains that its solution was built primarily using JavaSE, and hosted on Tomcat and MySQL, using HAProxy for load balancing.The company chose Amazon Web Services (AWS) because they felt AWS was
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Case Study 2: Cloud Computing CIS500: Information Systems Decision-Making 2012, December 2 How did Ericsson benefit from Amazon Web Services (AWS)? According to Amazon’s Web Service website, it gives users the option to run just about everything using their service applications. By incorporating cloud computing, users are able to cut variable costs to a more attractive scale for the business by eliminating costly administrative and hardware fees. Due to remote access, Ericsson was able to
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parts of the world (AWS Ericsson , 2012). Ericsson chose Amazon Web Services (AWS) because they felt it was the most cohesive public cloud supplier in the “Rightscale Cloud Management Platform” (Rightscale, 2012). The Ericsson team mentions that “having hosting centers in various regions was important for them. AWS also showed a better quality of service with solid management and a proven track record.” (Amazon Web Services, 2012). Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud provides a fully structured environment
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venders such as Google, Amazon, and Microsoft have provided Cloud Computing services. This paper discusses the Amazon Web Services (AWS) and evaluates the scalability, dependability, manageability, and adaptability of Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Amazon Simple Storage Service, and RightScale. Moreover, this paper examines the security concerns for cloud-based services and assesses scalability, reliability, and cost issues. Assess how Ericsson benefitted from Amazon Web Service (AWS) in terms
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