Technical Report: Cloud-StrApp

The demand for processor hungry software applications drives the need for costly, high-end hardware machines. This report describes and evaluates the viability of the development of a cloud based on-demand, virtualised, ubiquitous and scalable application streaming system that proposes to remove the need for such machines and provide cost savings at every level of user. It is the intention of this system to fully leverage latest technologies and advancements in Cloud Computing so as to demonstrate the far reaching benefits of the adoption of this model. The technologies used to deliver this system are complex and convoluted but this document is designed to provide an abstract level of understanding to the reader so as to enable conclusions to be drawn on its viability without an intrinsic knowledge of its implementation. Within this report the journey from idea inception through requirements gathering, analysis and design, including detailed system architecture diagrams, to final version will be described and detailed. In conclusion attention is drawn to the fact that this system, in its current state, offers a viable option for the delivery of virtualised applications to students while providing a potential for growth and improvement to become a genuine business opportunity