FACULTY OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
2026 CLOUD COMPUTING 600
ASSIGNMENT
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QUESTION 1
(20 MARKS)
BrightLite Electronics is a growing retail business with five branches across South Africa. Each
branch stores sales data, customer records, and inventory information on local computers. The
systems often crash, data is sometimes lost, and employees cannot access information from other
branches. The business owner wants a solution that allows staff to access data from anywhere,
reduces hardware costs, and improves reliability.
Using the scenario above, explain how cloud computing can solve BrightLite Electronics’ problems.
In your answer, explain how cloud computing works in this context, apply at least four cloud
computing characteristics to the scenario, analyse two benefits and two risks of moving the
business to the cloud, and suggest practical ways to reduce the identified risks
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Higher Education Act, 1997, Registration Certificate No. 2000/HE07/008.
(20 Marks)
QUESTION 2
(20 MARKS)
A multinational corporation plans to consolidate its IT infrastructure by adopting virtualization
to enable cross-region operations. The goal is to minimize latency, improve disaster recovery,
and ensure compliance with diverse data regulations.
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2.1 Compare the suitability of hardware-assisted virtualization and memory virtualization for
latency-sensitive applications. Explain how each approach impacts system performance
under high load.
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(10 Marks)
2.2 Assess the potential risks of multi-tenancy in virtualized environments. Propose
advanced strategies for isolating workloads and securing sensitive data in a shared
infrastructure.
(10 Marks)
QUESTION 3
(20 MARKS)
Secure Bank is a financial institution that manages highly sensitive customer data and must
comply with strict regulatory and legal requirements. At the same time, the bank experiences
high system usage at month-end and during peak transaction periods. Secure Bank wants
better scalability without compromising data security.
Based on the scenario analysis, analyze the suitability of private, public, hybrid, and
community clouds for Secure Bank and recommend the most appropriate deployment model.
Justify your recommendation by clearly linking security, compliance, cost, and scalability
needs to the chosen model. Explain how the bank can manage risks when using this
deployment model
(20 Marks)
QUESTION 4
(20 MARKS)
ShopEZ is an online shopping platform that experiences normal traffic during most of the
year but extremely high traffic during Black Friday and holiday sales. During previous sales,
the website experienced server capacity constraints, resulting in lost revenue and dissatisfied
customers.
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Explain how virtualization supports cloud computing in ShopEZ’s environment
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Apply and compare horizontal scaling and vertical scaling to the problem
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Recommend the most suitable scaling approach for ShopEZ and justify your answer
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Explain how cloud-based scaling improves performance and customer experience
(20 Marks)
QUESTION 5
(20 MARKS)
MediCare Solutions is a healthcare company planning to store patient records and medical
reports in the cloud. The management team is concerned about data privacy, unauthorized
access, data loss, and compliance with healthcare regulations.
Identify and explain four major cloud security risks relevant to MediCare Solutions. Your
answer must also analyse how the shared responsibility model applies to cloud security.
Recommend practical security controls and best practices that the company should
implement, and explain how these measures help protect sensitive healthcare data
Richfield Graduate Institute of Technology (Pty) Ltd is registered with the Department of Higher Education & Training as a Private Higher Education Institution under the
Higher Education Act, 1997, Registration Certificate No. 2000/HE07/008.