Overprovisioning is the reliance on extra capacity to satisfy the needs of a large community of users when the average-to-peak resource demand ratio is very high. Give an example of a large-scale system using overprovisioning and discuss if overprovisioning is sustainable in that case and what are the limitations of it. Is cloud elasticity based on overprovisioning sustainable? Give the arguments to support your answer.

After the 2008 recession, the amount of reserves in the us banking system increased. because of federal reserve actions, required reserves increased from $44 billion to $60 billion. however, banks started holding more reserves than required. by january 2009, banks were holding $900 billion in excess reserves. the federal reserve started paying interest on the excess reserves that the banks held. what possible impact will these unused reserves have on the economy?

Sue peters is the controller at vroom, a car dealership. dale miller recently has been hired as the bookkeeper. dale wanted to attend a class in excel spreadsheets, so sue temporarily took over dale's duties, including overseeing a fund used for gas purchases before test drives. sue found a shortage in the fund and confronted dale when he returned to work. dale admitted that he occasionally uses the fund to pay for his own gas. sue estimated the shortage at $450. what should sue do?

Explain the concept of borrowed equity as it relates to an event sponsor. the concept of borrowed equity is when a sponsor does something such as make the team's uniforms or pay for the event venue and in return they are able to advertise their brand during the event or on flyers and things of that nature.