Database management as a cloud-based service for small and medium organizations

Dipl. Ing. Dime Dimovski

Master's thesis

Anotácia:

The goal of this thesis is to explore the cloud computing, manly focusing on database management systems as a cloud service and to propose general scope breakdown structure of a project for migrating company’s database to a cloud based solution. It will focus on explaining the key deliverables to migrate to a database in the cloud and illustrate the tasks required to fulfill each part of the project. The potential challenges and risk that must be taken in consideration are discussed and a comparison between some of the current available solutions of SQL and NOSQL based database management systems as a cloud service, considering the advantages and disadvantages of the cloud computing in general and the common considerations is provided.

Abstract:

The goal of this thesis is to explore the cloud computing, manly focusing on database management systems as a cloud service and to propose general scope breakdown structure of a project for migrating company’s database to a cloud based solution. It will focus on explaining the key deliverables to migrate to a database in the cloud and illustrate the tasks required to fulfill each part of the project. The potential challenges and risk that must be taken in consideration are discussed and a comparison between some of the current available solutions of SQL and NOSQL based database management systems as a cloud service, considering the advantages and disadvantages of the cloud computing in general and the common considerations is provided.

Keywords

Cloud computing, SaaS, PaaS, Database management, SQL, NOSQL, DBaaS, Work breakdown structure, WBS, Scope breakdown structure.

Jazyk práce: English

Datum vytvoření / odevzdání či podání práce: 24. 5. 2013

Obhajoba závěrečné práce

• Obhajoba proběhla 27. 6. 2013
• Vedúci: RNDr. Zdenko Staníček, Ph.D.
• Oponent: prof. RNDr. Jiří Zlatuška, CSc.

Masaryk University

Faculty of Informatics

Master programme / odbor:
Applied Informatics / Service Science, Management and Engineering (eng.)