The Impact of Cloud Computing on Small and Medium Sized Enterprises. Word Count: 12,497 Abstract In recent years a new computing paradigm has emerged: Cloud Computing. Whilst there seem to be an endless number of definitions for this new term, including one by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) that is nearly 800 words long, nobody seems to be able to settle on a true characterisation of the subject matter. In its simplest form cloud computing can be described
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..................... 7 1.1 Why is an Australian Government Cloud Computing Strategy required? .......................... 7 1.2 Objective .............................................................................................................................. 9 1.3 Audience .............................................................................................................................. 9 2. What is Cloud Computing? ...........................................................
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Cloud computing: benefits, risks and recommendations for information security Cloud computing is a new way of delivering computing resources, not a new technology. Computing services ranging from data storage and processing to software, such as email handling, are now available instantly, commitment-free and on-demand. Since we are in a time of belt-tightening, this new economic model for computing has found fertile ground and is seeing massive global investment. According to IDC’s analysis, the
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1. What business benefits do cloud computing services provide? What problems do they solve? Cloud computing pools computing resources in a virtual environment to provide businesses with efficient storage and computing services (i.e., server time, processing power, network storage, networking, software, etc.), easy connectivity and accessibility across divergent platforms, flexibility, elasticity of computing resources, scalability, reliability, and redundancy—all on a “pay-for-service” model
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5/31/2011 LEVERAGING CLOUD COMPUTING FOR GREATER BUSINESS AGILITY Ramesh Shanmuganathan Executive Vice President / Group CIO 1 John Keells Group 4 th June 2011 AGENDA TODAY’S BUSINESS CONTEXT DEMYSTIFYING CLOUD COMPUTING WHY CLOUD COMPUTING? WHAT ARE MY OPTIONS? WHAT DO I NEED TO CONSIDER? HOW DO I GET ON BOARD? CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTOR KEY TAKE AWAY! 2 TODAY’S BUSINESS CONTEXT 3 1 5/31/2011 Today’s Business Context ►Global competition ►Rampant
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Wakefield (2012) examined another aspect of Cloud Computing. They highlighted the success factors for deployment of cloud computing. Cloud vendor and organization relationship has been characterized as the most important factor which ultimately provides a competitive advantage to the organization. They also found that in successful deployment organization are able to focus on their core competencies which help to reduce the expenses. Additionally how Cloud Computing reduces the IT expenses and operating
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School of Computing and Mathematics Faculty of BCL Request for Ethical Approval for Individual Study / Programme of Research by University Students Students conducting PG Independent Scholarship (PG IS), UG Applied Research Project (UG ARP), UG Maths Projects (UG MP) or Learning-through-Work (LTW) projects must complete this form and submit to their project supervisors for approval. After initial approval, project supervisors need to submit these forms to PG IS
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“Above the Clouds: A Berkeley View of Cloud Computing” Reviewer: Carol Williams 1. (10%) State the problem the paper is trying to solve. The paper is trying to demonstrate that EMV (a protocol suite and proprietary protocol framework) is broken and needs to be fixed. The paper makes an attempt to clarify terms, provide simple formulas to quantify comparisons between of cloud and everyday Computing, and identify the top technical and non-technical obstacles and opportunities of Cloud Computing
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of Contents Executive Summary1 Introduction2 Analysis3 1/ The Deployment Model - Hybrid Cloud Computing at Fidor3 2/ The Service Model – Infrastructure as a Service4 3/ The Service Model – Platform as a Service5 4/ The Service Model – Software as a Service5 5/ The Achievement of Competitive Advantage6 Conclusion7 References9 Executive Summary: In less than a decade the role of cloud computing has evolved from merely a tool in the general IT system to a catalyst contributing significantly
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Leadership White Paper Cloud Computing Defining a framework for cloud adoption How common ground can help enterprises drive success with cloud computing2 Defining a framework for cloud adoption Contents 1 Introduction 3 Looking at cloud computing across two dimensions 3 Cloud delivery models 7 Cloud service types 8 Roles in cloud consumption and delivery 10 Challenges and considerations 11 Summary Introduction With the many widely discussed advantages to cloud comput- ing, including
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