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Assignment 1 Value: 15% Text Book: Accounting Information Systems Marshall B. Romney, Paul John Steinbart, Joseph M. Mula, Ray Mcnamara, Trevor Tonkin (2013). ISBN-13: 9781442542594 Publisher: Pearson Education Australia Task The assignment is based on two blog entries, Blog 1 and Blog 4 which are posted in Resources. These two blog entries come from a blog based on your text. You are required to answer one question from each blog entry. Assignment Question 1 (7.5%) Explain how the implementation of cloud computing relates to an organisations strategy and how it could affect a company’s value chain. Use a recent announcement by a company to illustrate your explanation. Present your answer in essay format (word guide 1000 words). Assignment Question 2 (7.5%) Your manager has requested a report explaining how ERP can value add. Include in your report any potential risks that should be avoided when implementing a cloud based ERP solution in an organisation. Use the blog post as a starting point. Your report, including executive summary should be maximum length 1200 words. In your submission you: Should use APA referencing 6th for this assignment. • Clearly explain the impact of cloud computing on corporate strategy and value chain in a presentation format. Weighting 50%. Provide a logical explanation of the impact of cloud computing on corporate strategy and value chain, with a relevant illustration that is clearly communicated. A number of impacts are addressed • Explain the impact of cloud computing on data analysis. Weighting 20%. Provide a logical explanation of the impact of cloud computing on data analysis with a relevant illustration that is clearly communicated. A number of impacts are addressed. • Describe the role that cloud computing can have in a network. Weighting 10%. Clearly communicate the role/s that cloud computing can have in a network. • Evaluate the role of cloud computing within an accounting information system. Weighting 10%. Critically evaluated the role of cloud computing in an accounting information system with clear linkages to Objective 1. • Identify the risks in using cloud computing. Weighting 10%. Clearly identified a number of risks in using cloud computing