In this paper we have used a game-theoretic approach to model the bidding strategies of bidders in a cloud spot market who are attempting to procure the computing resources. We discuss the decision making dilemma faced by these bidders and identify the conditions under which the situation can be...

Growing customer privacy concerns are resulting in companies paying increased attention to privacy. The main challenge to e-commerce companies is to balance the competitive advantages provided by the use of personal information with the privacy concerns that customers may have regarding the use...

Cloud Computing off ers a deployment model for software applications in the form of Software as a Service (SaaS). SaaS based solutions include a broad spectrum of software applications that vary from simple word processing solutions to complex solutions such as ERP. While adoption of SaaS-based...