Introduction
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Leo Faltus, Technology Solutions Architect, Software One
Astrid Schweighofer, Projectmanager at UnyCom
Mag. Michael Vormwald, Product Development & Market Placement at A1
Business
During the interviews these questions were asked for example:
How do you define cloud services and cloud computing?
What are the prerequisites for a company to incorporate cloud services?
Should companies use out-sourced data solutions for business relevant
processes and information?
How and when can companies benefit from the employment of cloud
services?
What are potential pitfalls and dangers when using cloud services in a
corporate environment?
What does the change process from traditional IT to modern IT involve and
how is this change expressed in the company?
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Thesis Outline
This thesis is divided into three parts: Integrated IT systems, Big Data, and Cloud
Services. However the majority of the content is dedicated to cloud services. The
separation was done, because those three pillars form the modern IT ecosystem.
The first pillar, integrated systems, is the basic internal framework, which companies
need in order to structure their data. The second pillar is cloud services, which
function as an expansion to a company’s IT architecture. The last pillar, Big Data, is
the surrounding factor and acts as an interface between the internal environment
and the external one.
The first chapter gives a brief overview of the evolvement of IT systems.
The second chapter describes the function and architecture of integrated IT systems
with examples taken from actual practice.
