HW22: Chapter 17

(17.10) Your company wishes to move from using desktop applications to accessing the same functionally remotely as services. Identify three risks that might arise and suggest how risks may be reduced.

This type of switchover models a client-server type of architecture which requires client-side functionality and server interaction. The type of risks with this type of architecture include server overload,  control of data transfer rates/speeds,  and server failure resulting in data loss. To reduce the risk of server overload, web technologies such as AJAX and HTML5 can be implemented. They provide better efficiency when it comes to webpage presentation and local computation.  To aid in data transfer rates and speeds, data can be compressed then transferred. This reduces the size of the file and may reduce the load on the network.  To prevent a situation where there is a complete data loss due to a server malfunction, the company can regularly schedule data backups to external sources other than on the hosted server.