International Business

International Business Studies - Ireland

BSA547

Individual Assignment Two - Transatlantic Venture

Our division of Cloud computing are flexible and scalable using virtualization technologies to create and distribute computing resources to customers on an "as needed" basis. This is conducted through an internet browser. The cloud computing concept is still in an ascent stage; as a consequence, global IT market participants are working to develop cost-effective solutions and services to be offered to the enterprise segment. Based on several political factors and instability and unrest in Mexico, our organization is looking to expand into a known information technology (IT) sector in Europe, mainly Ireland, while keeping current investment levels in our Latin American portfolio. Currently, security is the most important restraint driving this decision, and cost savings is the most significant market driver and reason we are continuing our presence.

After conducting a PEST analysis of Ireland, we have compiled the following information. Political stability; Ireland is a democratic state, with a parliamentary oversight, it is sovereign and independent, and is considered to be a stable government. The work week is stratified for the maximum hours an employee can work of 48 hours; another factor is the legal age of 16 for legal work status. Pricing controls are almost non-existent, there I no set maximum or minimum price for any goods or services. Organizations must apply for price increases with the industry regulator. It has strong property rights protection, competitive tax rates and very low levels of corruption.

For economy of the PEST, the last couple of years have been transformational for Ireland, more so in the fact they have become more of a services exporter. This has been a change from a normally agriculturally focused economy. This works in favor of our venture of Cloud computing. Established knowledge and solid expertise will be useful in our efforts to bring more high tech industries into the services of data retention, redundancy, and anywhere access. The infrastructure of equipment, architecture of trending equipment, and maintenance will be solely a seamless product for enterprise continuity. One of the constraints will be salary ranges; this much be equal to or greater than the unemployment bi-weekly payments provided by the State. Lastly, since Ireland is a member of the European Union (EU), the exchange rates are the same for all member states; this implies that all states are equal. The fluctuation in any part of the country will assist or assault any financial factor equally.

The Social aspect of Ireland makes this a strong benefit for our company. Gaeilge and English are the official languages, and the most commonly used is English. Not only is it part of the EU, it is also involved and a respected member of the Unite Nations (UN). Social issues range from progressive as it relates to marriage, divorce, and abortion. This is slightly different than the majority of the United States, though in-line with us is the society beliefs in strong family orientation. Due to an influx of immigrants lured by Ireland's reputation for friendliness, the opportunity for diversification in the work place would be a positive opportunity due to the regulations that only Irish or English residents can work in Ireland. This eliminates the need for expatriate investments.

With regards to technological comparisons, both positive and negative, the advancement of vendors going to the Cloud to provide services, something like the iCloud from Apple, will un-tether companies from the high costs of in-house data storage solutions. The pay-as-you-play scenarios for music, music, and data are growing daily. One of the standards of going green have been amplified with encouragement of the Cleaner Greener Production Programme, this entity promotes businesses to adopt best practices on minimal impact on the environment. Since our business process produces extremely low waste, we see no issue in that sector. Our energy management will be the focus of our efforts, coupled with better, smarter storage solutions.

Our business will be offering several computing structures, in the form of Private, Public, and Hybrid models. A "private cloud" is a cloud computing-based model under private scheme in which only one organization has access to all resources. It can be run with the company's own resources or through a dedicated hosting model. A "public cloud" implements cloud computing for multiple organizations through a single set of resources. Public clouds, for scalability reasons tend to offer lower prices when compared to private cloud structures, similar to a public utility.

A "hybrid cloud" is a hybrid mix of public and private clouds, in which the organization can retain certain sensitive activities under monitored in-house or dedicated hosting infrastructures, while having other activities in a shared environment.

Our brief summary of analysis using the Geert Hofstede theories brings