Describe the four types of clouds. Suppose you are a large, online retailer, what type of cloud would you want to implement (why)? Suppose you are a small, 5-person retailer, what type of cloud would you want to implement (why)? Explain why your answers are similar or different for these two company sizes.

Public = internet-accessible; anything a company is OK with outsourcing - product information Private = internal (i.e. intranet); customer information, supplier schedules, inventory levels Hybrid = combination of public (less secure information) and private (more secure information); combining public and private from above at the same time (outsource some stuff, keep other things internal)  this is probably the ideal for both since some information is inherently more sensitive (customer information) than other information (product information) Vertical = giving access to other businesses (i.e. extranet); partnerships with suppliers - vendor managed inventory over the internet instead of direct access to systems; this would make a difference based on size since large organizations are more likely to be tightly integrated with more suppliers (or at least need to be for efficiency) than small businesses