AGENDA
    Introduction
    Problem Definition
    Model Structure
    Model Analysis and Validation
    Policy and Scenario Analysis
    Conclusions & Areas for Future Improvement
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             INTRODUCTION
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     INTRODUCTION
     Subject: System Dynamics modeling project for a 
       Norwegian cloud computing company.
     Cloud computing is the provisioning of centralized 
       IT services and infrastructure, such as processing 
       or storage capacity, to businesses in a flexible, 
       reliable, and inexpensive fashion.
     Two-fold purpose of this thesis:
       Help the client in medium-term capacity planning
       Establish the usefulness of the System Dynamics 
         methodology in data center planning and cloud 
         computing business fields.
     Model was built in close client interaction with the      4
       CTO of the company.
         PROBLEM DEFINITION
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    PROBLEM DEFINITION
    Design a tool to estimate when the limit of the 
      company’s main data center, in terms of power 
      capacity, would be reached.
    Main consumers of power: Physical servers
     We need to model the development of servers.
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