You are performing IT research for a magazine-subscription telemarketing company. The companys 150 telemarketers must make a minimum of 100 calls a day. If telemarketers do not meet the minimum number, they must finish the calls from home. The company must decide on the type of storage device to provide for the telemarketers so that they can take the necessary data home. Management has narrowed the choice to three storage options: 2.5-inch portable external hard drives with USB connectors, USB flash drives, or cloud storage.

You have been asked to do a quick web search for an initial assessment of the advantages and disadvantages and feasibility of the three options for this use case. Include features such as capacity, access time, durability of media, ease of transporting between home and office, cost, and security. Which method would you recommend? Why? What are the advantages and disadvantages of each? Share your findings with your classmates here as your first posting for the week. Then give at least two of your classmates feedback and comments on their recommendations by the end of the week.