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Gallaugher Quiz Chapter 15 • Due Feb 5 at 6pm
• Points 2
• Questions 10
• Time Limit 20 Minutes
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Question 1
This is an individual assignment. As always, you are honor-bound to the academic integrity policy of
Northeastern University.
Chapter 15, Sections: 15.1 Introduction
15.2 Open Source
15.3 Why Open Source?
15.4 Examples of Open Source Software
15.5 Why Give It Away? The Business of Open Source
15.6 Defining Cloud Computing
15.7 Software in the Cloud: Why Buy When You Can Rent?
15.8 SaaS: Not without Risks
15.9 Understanding Cloud Computing Models: PaaS, IaaS, and Motivations and Risks
15.10 Clouds and Tech Industry Impact
15.11 Virtualization: Software That Makes One Computer Act Like Many
15.12 Apps and App Stores: Further Disrupting the Software Industry on Smartphones, Tablets,
and Beyond
15.13 Make, Buy, or Rent
Note: Chapter 8, Section 8.6 Amazon and the Cloud: From Personal Storage to AWS is not covered
in quiz
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SaaS offerings usually work well when the bulk of computing happens at the client end of a distributed system.
While large groups of individuals work on key OSS projects, such as the Linux operating system, some widely
used efforts have had fewer developers, creating concerns over quality and security.
Conventional software firms treat their intellectual property as closely guarded secrets and almost never provide
the source code for their commercial software products.
Some of the largest technology companies now support open source software initiatives.
Firms that want significant control over the operating system and applications they put 'in the cloud' should
choose an IaaS service over an SaaS offering.
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integrated
virtualized
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hardened
scalable
white swans
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Social software
Proprietary software
Licensed software
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Open source software
Software as a service
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platform as a service
Technology products with particularly strong security features are said to be:
_____ refers to software that is free and where anyone to look at and potentially modify the code.
Firms that adopt software as a service actually buy a system's software and hardware, so these systems become
a fixed operating expense.
Which of the following refers to a variant of utility computing where vendors provide the operating system and
supporting software like database management systems but where client firms write their own code?
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host service vendor
software as a service
application service provider
infrastructure as a service
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Software as a Service.
Hardware as a Service.
Platform as a Service.
Service Oriented Architecture.
Service Level Agreement.
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Cloud vendors that are hosting hardware, operating system, database, and other software, which clients can then
use to build their own applications, are said to be providing:
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