...Mobile Cloud Computing (MCC): A Survey Abstract: Mobile devices have come a long way and their capabilities in terms of speed, raw computing capabilities, storage capacity and the applications that are real world end user friendly. The sale of mobile devices has seen a huge boom and is now surpassing those of PCs [1]. With this enormous use of smart phones across the world and as well as the introduction of cloud computing concept, Mobile Cloud computing or MCC has become the new paradigm in the world of mobile services. This paper will discuss the technology of MCC, applications and challenges faced. Mobile Cloud Computing: Introduction MCC in its simplest form can be defined as an infrastructure where the storage of data and its processing is outside a mobile device. What mobile cloud computing does is move processing and storage to the cloud and thereby bringing applications and the computing power to a broader spectrum of mobile users [2]. Mobile service providers can provide services to the subscribers as AAA which refers to authentication, authorization and as well as accounting which is based on what is known as an home agent or HA and the end users data being stored on the cloud database. Every time a request is initiated from the subscriber, it is delivered to the cloud based system with the help of Internet. The controllers on the cloud will be able to process these requests and eventually providing the subscribers with the respective cloud based service. These...
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...in the healthcare industry, and it seems there is a silver lining to this cloud. Studies say that security, regulatory and privacy concerns might get in the way of cloud computing in the healthcare industry, although this sector is set to grow in the medium term. Cloud computing in healthcare is projected to grow to US$ 5.4 billion by 2017. Modernization in the healthcare system is going beyond Electronic Healthcare Records (EHR). According to research firm MarketsandMarkets, the use of cloud computing in healthcare will span both clinical and non-clinical applications. Apart from EHR, cloud computing will also apply to other clinical uses, such as physician order entry and software imaging and pharmacy use. Non-clinical uses will likewise benefit, including management apps for patient billing, claims and revenue cycle management. According to MarketsandMarkets, the use of cloud computing in healthcare will be greatly beneficial in sharing EHR data across facilities in different geographic locations. Using cloud applications will ensure that patients get treated on time, regardless of location and facility. According to a 2011 study by KLAS Research, 55 percent of hospital executives interviewed said they stored data on the cloud. This included applications like clinical software and email. 71 percent of healthcare providers already deploy, or are planning to deploy, cloud-technology services. However, there is doubt among healthcare providers what cloud computing actually...
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...Business Agility and the True Economics of Cloud Computing B u s i n e s s W H iTe PA P e R Business Agility and the True Economics of Cloud Computing Executive Summary New groundbreaking global survey findings demonstrate the true value of cloud computing to the business. While it is understood in the industry that cloud computing provides clear cost benefits, CIOs are having difficulty getting a true fix on the business value that cloud might offer beyond cost reduction. These survey results reveal a direct link between cloud computing and business agility—how business outcomes are associated with agility, the role of IT for agile companies and the importance of cloud computing to business leaders. value to the enterprise. It shows that the hype around cloud computing is maturing into facts about what cloud can really deliver to both IT and the business. Game-changing CIOs think business transformation first, then how technology enables it. They are the ones strategizing with their CEOs and other business leaders to look beyond simple cost calculations to the business agility that cloud computing can enable. Defining Business Agility Business agility is the ability of a business to adapt rapidly and cost-efficiently in response to changes in the business environment. According to McKinsey & Company, the leading global management consulting firm, the benefits of agility include faster revenue growth, greater and more lasting cost reduction, and more effective...
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...The Impact of “Cloud Computing”-based Information Sharing on Supply Chain Li YiPeng, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, School of Information and Safety Engineering, Wu Han, China, Lyp2357@163.com The research presented in this publication uses both analytical and methodological approach through mathematical models to exploit a real time information sharing based on “Cloud Computing”. The author has clearly provided type, limitation and limited orientation to the following terminologies with respect to the scope of is research and publication: Type of Information Shared, The pertaining definitions of Information Measurement, Quantitative and Qualitative Measurement of Information, Accelerating Physical Flow, Scope of Uncertainty in the Supply Chain, Building Cloud Computing Platform in Supply Chain. The methodological approach is also provided to find the optimal solution for information sharing in a cloud computing scenario, the study uses a mathematics optimization model by including variables such as Product, Consumer (computed through Poisson Process, Auto Regression, ARIMA and Stationary Demand), Retailer and Manufacturer. The results of this study are very important to supply chain practitioners. It can be used as benchmark to assess the impact and value of cloud computing in the supply chain. It is the cloud computing platform’s task to make the partners using the information service more easily and conveniently. To those middle and small-sized companies...
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...Shall we put our heads in the cloud? A report into the plausibility of investing in cloud computing December 1st 2014 Anonymous student number: Z0942701 Contents Executive summary: * Objectives of the report * Overview of subject matter * Findings * Recommendations Introduction: * Definition of cloud computing * History/ background Discussion The different types of cloud computing services * Software-as-a-service or SaaS * Platform-as-a-service or PaaS * Infrastructure-as-a-Service or IaaS The different types of cloud computing deployment Conclusion: * The major inferences that can be drawn from the analysis and evaluation References: * A list of the reference material consulted during research for report in the Harvard referencing format ...
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...Brooks Rogalski, Kevin Zhang, Stephen Scaramuzzino and Timothy Root, Department of Information and Technology Systems, University of Maryland University College, 3501 University Blvd. East, Adelphi, MD 20783. E-mail: acnwgirl@yahoo.com, rogalskibf@gmail.com, kzhang23@gmail.com, sscaramuzzino86@hotmail.com and Chad.Root@gmail.com Abstract The healthcare industry, taking in over $1.7 trillion dollars a year, has begun bringing itself into the technological era. Healthcare and the healthcare industry make up one of the most critical infrastructures in the world today and one of the most grandiose factors is the storage of information and data. Having to be the forerunner of technological advances, there are many changes taking place to streamline the copious amounts of information and data into something more manageable. One major change in the healthcare industry has been the implementation of the Electronic Medical Record (EMR) systems. Having risks and benefits, the electronic medical record systems will strive to provide and change the way healthcare industry will operate. iTrust is a role-based health care web application. Through this system, patients can see and manage their own medical records. Medical personnel can manage the medical records of their patients...
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...INSY 5375 Management of Information Systems Introduction to Big data Every day, 2.5 quintillion bytes of complex, every changing data are generated. (IBM) Data comes from social sites, digital images, transaction records, and countless unknown resources. The amount of data we generate daily is enormous, and the rate it is being generated is accelerating. As we head into a future where technology dominates the global market, this pace will only continue accelerate. Businesses and other entities are aware of this data and its power. In a survey taken by Capgemini and the Economist, over 600 global business leaders identified their companies as data driven and identified data analytics as an integral part of their business. Big Data solutions are considered the answer for handling this data converting it into useful information. According to the O'Reilly Radar Team (Big Data Now), Big Data consists of three variables – size, velocity and variety. Data is considered big if conventional systems cannot handle its size. It is not only that size of Big Data that matters, but also the volume of transactions that come with it. The second issue is how fast the data is generated and how fast if it changes (velocity). New data and updated data is constantly generated, and it must be processed and analyzed quickly to create real value for an organization. The final issue is data structure (variety). Data is typically collected in raw form, unstructured, from a variety of sources. To...
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...Secure Data Sharing in the Cloud Danan Thilakanathan, Shiping Chen, Surya Nepal and Rafael A. Calvo 1 Introduction Cloud systems [1, 2] can be used to enable data sharing capabilities and this can provide an abundant of benefits to the user. There is currently a push for IT organisations to increase their data sharing efforts. According to a survey by InformationWeek [3], nearly all organisations shared their data somehow with 74 % sharing their data with customers and 64 % sharing with suppliers. A fourth of the surveyed organisations consider data sharing a top priority. The benefits organisations can gain from data sharing is higher productivity. With multiple users from different organisations contributing to data in the Cloud, the time and cost will be much less compared to having to manually exchange data and hence creating a clutter of redundant and possibly out-of-date documents. With social networking services such as Facebook, the benefits of sharing data are numerous [4] such as the ability to share photos, videos, information and events, creates a sense of enhanced enjoyment in one’s life and can enrich the lives of some people as they are amazed at how many people are interested in their life and well-being. For students and group-related projects, there has been a major importance for group collaborative tools [5]. Google Docs provides data sharing capabilities as groups of students or teams working on a project can share documents and can collaborate...
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...A comparison of healthcare systems James C. Meredith Strayer University A comparison of healthcare systems Monitoring Systems Advances in technology have given us the ability to monitor patients with wireless sensor networks attached miniature monitoring devices. This allows for continuous monitoring of the patients, and provide various types of data critical for each patient. A BSN can even alert medical staff of any event taking place with a given patient. “Body Sensor Networks (BSN) incorporates context aware sensing for increased sensitivity and specificity.” Unfortunately data collection and monitoring in real time takes a lot of continuous labor and effort, just as well these methods are very much prone to perpetual errors. A solution was proposed to use sensors of various medical equipment so that they could intercommunicate with each other and give each other required information to function properly with less effort on the staff’s part. The data the machines provide and exchange can be stored, and monitored within network cloud where a professional can keep track of the goings on and relay the necessary information to the medical professionals. These ideas can be time and lifesaving in the event of a doctor’s office or hospital visit. As opposed to medical staff having to check vitals, conditions and various other medical visit requirements, this cannot only provide more accurate information, it can free up time for medical staff to take care of other patients...
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...with all original signatures must be submitted with the dissertation to the Graduate School; this is required whether the document is in electronic format or on paper. Whereas, the page included in the electronic document will be unsigned unless it is scanned in. The Dissertation Committee for Rajul Alam Certifies that this is the approved version of the following dissertation (or treatise): THE IMPACT OF USERS AND SUPPLIERS IN THE CLOUD COMPUTING TECHNOLOGY “THE QUESTION IS…. ARE WE ON TRACK TO EVOLUTION OR REVOLUTION?” RAJUL ALAM SN: 1013999 rajul.alam.10@ucl.ac.uk Word Limit: 118 + 346 + 10,529 Committee: | ELAINE AXBY, Supervisor | “This dissertation is submitted as part requirement for the Information Management for Business programme at University College London. It is substantially the result of my own work except where explicitly indicated in the text.” “The dissertation may be freely copied and distributed provided the source is explicitly acknowledged.” The impact of users and suppliers in the cloud computing technology by Rajul Alam, MSi Information Management for Business HIDDEN TEXT: Given first name, and previous academic degrees (B.A. or higher) B.A., B.S., etc. Your official name is the name which appears on your UT transcript. MSIN9001: Dissertation Presented to the Faculty of the Graduate School of University College London in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Information Management for Business ...
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...Dynamic Infrastructure July 2009 The Benefits of Cloud Computing A new era of responsiveness, effectiveness and efficiency in IT service delivery. Table of Contents 3 IBM and customers both reap the benefits of cloud computing 5 Data centers in an ever-changing world 8 Cloud computing tangibly enhances business value 10 Resilient Cloud Validation: The next step in achieving resiliency 11 Cloud computing abroad: The success of the Yun platform 12 Cloud computing in Europe 13 Feeling secure with IBM’s track record IBM and customers both reap the benefits of cloud computing IT executives today can be forgiven if accused of having their heads in the clouds. That’s because the clouds that interest IT executives today aren’t of the meteorological variety; they are computing clouds. Widespread interest and even unabashed excitement about cloud computing emanates from businesses, government agencies and other organizations seeking more dynamic, resilient and cost-effective IT systems than previous generations of technology allowed. While the term “cloud” may connote an ephemeral quality to the type of computing it describes, the benefits of cloud computing to customers are very tangible. IBM itself— as well as clients around the world—is adopting cloud computing in recognition of its potential to usher in a new era of responsiveness, effectiveness and efficiency in IT service delivery. “Cloud computing represents a key technology in delivering new economics, rapid deployment...
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...Telework. ACS, A Xerox Company Managerial Applications of Information Technology IS 535 Professor: Anne Peters By: Samira Taghavi June 13, 2012 Table of Contents Proposal Introduction………………………………………………….. 3 Business Problem……………………………………………. 3 Benefits of Solution…………………………………………. 4 Approach……………………………………………… . ..…..5 Target Audience……………………………………………. 5 Milestone 1 Company Background………………………………………. 6 Business Issues……………………………………………… 6 Benefits of Solving Problem………………………………… 7 Proposed Technology Solution……………………………… ..8 Milestone 2 Detailed Technology Solution………………………………. 9 Value of this Approach……………………………………… 11 Business Process Changes…………………………………... 11 Milestone 3 Additional Technology Solutions…………………………… 12 Additional Business Process Changes………………………. 12 Overall Recommendations…………………………………... 13 Implementation Plan………………………………………… 13 Conclusion…………………………………………………... 14 References……………………………………………………………... 14 Proposal Introduction It’s 5:45 in the morning and you are waking up to the annoying sound of your alarm clock going off. You are fighting yourself just to get out of bed to drive to work. You may have to drive 5 days out of the week and sometimes...
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...reflecting the magnitude and impact of data-related problems to be solved in contemporary business organizations. This introduction to the MIS Quarterly Special Issue on Business Intelligence Research first provides a framework that identifies the evolution, applications, and emerging research areas of BI&A. BI&A 1.0, BI&A 2.0, and BI&A 3.0 are defined and described in terms of their key characteristics and capabilities. Current research in BI&A is analyzed and challenges and opportunities associated with BI&A research and education are identified. We also report a bibliometric study of critical BI&A publications, researchers, and research topics based on more than a decade of related academic and industry publications. Finally, the six articles that comprise this special issue are introduced and characterized in terms of the proposed BI&A research framework. Keywords: Business intelligence and analytics, big data analytics, Web 2.0 Introduction Business intelligence and analytics (BI&A) and the related field of big data analytics have become increasingly important in both the academic and the business communities over the past two decades. Industry studies have highlighted this significant development. For example, based on a survey of over 4,000...
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...Cloud Computing for Education and Learning: Education and Learning as a Service (ELaaS) Mohssen M. Alabbadi Computer Research Institute (CRI) King Abdulaziz City for Science & Technology (KACST) Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Alabbadi@kacst.edu.sa Abstract—Cloud computing, despite its hype, is being widely deployed, with its dynamic scalability and usage of virtualized resources, in many organizations for several applications. It is envisioned that, in the near future, cloud computing will have a significant impact on the educational and learning environment, enabling their own users (i.e., learners, instructors, and administrators) to perform their tasks effectively with less cost by utilizing the available cloud-based applications offered by the cloud service providers. This paper discusses the use of cloud computing in the educational and learning arena, to be called ‟Education and Learning as a Service” (ELaaS), emphasizing its possible benefits and offerings. It is essential for an educational and learning organization, with its budget restrictions and sustainability challenges, to use the cloud formation best suited for a particular IT activity. The Jericho Forum proposes a cloud computing formation model, called the Cloud Cube Model (CCM), which is based on 4 criteria. To preserve the symmetry of the cube, a new cloud computing formation model, called the Complete Cloud Computing Formations (C3F), is proposed. The IT activities in the educational and learning organizations are...
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...need of installing hi-tech servers in their premises, instead all their data is stored in the external cloud space managed by the service provider. Salesforce provides its customers with a variety of cloud based applications that can be used by them and customized by them as per their requirement. Salesforce has made it easy for the companies to adapt to their software as a single version of software which is enough to accommodate their business operations requirement. Also the companies can subscribe to the services that they want and not the whole software in itself. This helps to keep the cost in control. To understand how salesforce does it we can have a look at the short video. Some of the various services offered by Salesforce are: 1) Service Cloud: Due to this the customers of the client can get support where ever required. 2) Desk.com: This tool can be used by business to offer personalized services and solution. Enables to easily survey customers from within Desk.com to measure customer satisfaction (CSAT) and adjust your products and services over time. 3) Marketing cloud: This helps the clients to provide their customers tailor made services. Connect interactions from any channel or device, combining customer data and behaviors to create relevant communications that are delivered in real time, on your customers' terms. 4) Community cloud: This is an interesting tool as it doesn’t really look to fulfill...
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