CLOUD AND ENTERPRISE COMPUTING

investigate why and
how enterprises from the Banking sector use mainframe and cloud technologies to
support their day-to-day operations. You are required to investigate usage of mainframe and
cloud technologies by an enterprise (a bank or number of banks) from the Banking sector.
Your investigation should be supported by trusted Internet resources containing real life case
studies, reports, on-line newspapers, videos, technical/research papers and academic
journals. As a starting point it is advised to use FedUni on-line library eResources via
“QuickSearch” and “Databases”.
In light of the investigation your findings should address the following requirements:

1. Describe (at least THREE) core business services offered by a bank;
2. Provide a brief description of security and privacy needs in relation to the bank’s core
   business services;
3. Explain the bank’s needs for ICT workload types (batch, transactional and analytics);
4. Describe how banks benefit of using cloud technologies;
5. Explain which cloud services are used in the banking sector and how they support
   one or more ICT workload types;
6. Describe why major banks and financial institutions have mainframes at the centre of
   their technological strategies;
7. Explain how mainframes support one or more ICT workload types;
8. Provide at least five (5) references/resources used in your investigation (APA
   reference style) and a link to your YouTube video presentation
   Report Document Format
   The findings should be written in a report document of approximately 1200 - 1500 words
   equivalent to three (3) to four (4) pages (without the cover page and list of references). The
   report should contain a cover page with course code, course name, assignment title, your
   student ID, your full name and the number of words (without the cover and reference pages).
   The report text format must be single spaced with font size Arial, 12 and larger font size for
   the headings.
   The report text should be divided into the following five (5) headings (sections):
9. Core business services offered by a bank (at least half a page)
   a. A short description of at least three (3) core business services offered by a
   bank (requirement 1.)
   b. A brief description of security and privacy needs in relation to the bank’s core
   business services (requirement 2.)
10. Bank’s needs for ICT workload types (at least half a page)
    a. Explain with two (2) examples of how banks use ICT batch workload type
    (requirement 3.a)
    b. Explain with two (2) examples of how banks use ICT transactional workload
    type (requirement 3.b)
    c. Explain with two (2) examples of how banks use ICT analytics workload type
    (requirement 3.c)
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11. Benefits of using cloud technologies in banking sector (at least one page)
    a. Briefly describe how banks benefit of using cloud technologies (requirement
    4.)
    b. Your description should link one or more cloud services to one or more ICT
    workload types used in banking (requirement 5.)
12. Why major banks use mainframes (at least one page)
    a. Briefly describe why banks use mainframes (requirement 6.)
    b. Your description should link one or more mainframe technologies/services to
    one or more ICT workload types used in banking (requirement 7.)

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