Brindisi Brothers is a family-owned, medium-sized construction company doing residential and commercial construction and remodeling in New Jersey. Their field staff including their project consultant use iPads to take pictures and measurements of room dimensions on site during the bidding process and also before and after pictures of any construction jobs they complete. The manager of field operations uses email and a mobile phone, as does his brother who is the president of the firm. Their offices, staffed by their sister who is the accountant and administrator, maintain two small networks at their two office locations, one at the shore and one in the New Jersey suburbs outside of Philadelphia.

Sensitive consumer financial data as well as information on home security systems at residences and construction proposals and bids are maintained in a database. They are always up to date on the latest residential construction trends and feel their computer systems should reflect that too. They’ve heard a lot about cloud computing and would like to try it.

a. Prepare a list of factors they should consider in choosing cloud computing, along with a list of advantages and disadvantages.

b. In a paragraph, explain to the brothers the difference between a private cloud and a public cloud.

c. In a paragraph, write a recommendation for upgrading the Brindisi Brothers networks that includes moving to cloud computing and specifies whether a private, public, or hybrid cloud option would be the ideal option for them.