Instructions to Students This Continuous Assessment is structured as a question-based technical report. You are required to respond to all questions in a single, well-structured technical report.

Instructions to Students This Continuous Assessment is structured as a question-based technical report. You are required to respond to all questions in a single, well-structured technical report. Your answers must demonstrate both theoretical understanding and practical application of cloud computing and virtualization concepts. You are expected to: Apply cloud computing and virtualization principles to a realistic enterprise scenario. Justify all design choices with technical reasoning. Use diagrams, tables, and charts where appropriate. Reference academic literature, cloud provider documentation, and industry reports using APA 7th edition. The report should be written in a formal academic and professional tone. Scenario A medium-scale enterprise currently operates an on-premises IT infrastructure that supports core business applications, internal databases, file storage, and remote user access. Due to increasing operational costs, limited scalability, frequent downtime, and security concerns, management has decided to migrate the infrastructure to a cloud-based virtualized environment. The organization has the following requirements: >High availability and fault tolerance .>Scalability to support business growth >Secure data storage and access control >Cost-effective utilization of computing resources >Efficient application and server management using virtualization