Vorwörter -- Teil I: Allgemeine Grundlagen -- 1. Die Spielregeln der Softwareindustrie -- 2. Ökonomische Prinzipien der Softwareindustrie -- 3. Strategien der Softwareanbieter -- Geschäftsmodelle in der Softwareindustrie -- Teil II: Spezielle Themen -- 5. Outsourcing und Offshoring der...

Obwohl Cloud Computing noch am Beginn seiner Verbreitung steht, prophezeien Marktstudien ein außerordentliches Wachstum. Da Cloud Computing ein Substitut zum herkömmlichen Outsourcing darstellt, wird mit Auswirkungen auf den Markt für traditionelle IT-Dienstleistungen gerechnet. Raimund...

A number of eminent authors take a look at aspects of application management from a range of practical and theoretical perspectives and present possible solutions for current challenges, demonstrating the close links between service creation and service management. Contents Cloud Computing...

Grundlagen -- Will SaaS and Cloud Computing become a new Industry Platform? -- Software-as-a-Service as Disruptive Innovation in the Enterprise Application Market -- Rechtliche Rahmenbedingungen des „Software as a Service“-Konzepts -- Marktsicht -- SaaS: A Love-Hate Relationship for...

Falco Jaekel develops a reference architecture for cloud logistics systems. The reference architecture shows how to apply the principles and concepts of cloud computing (e.g. virtualization, service-orientation) to logistics system design and thus how to deliver certain physical logistics...

Bringing together theoretical and empirical studies from the Journal of Information Technology, this book provides a definitive guide to research discovered on the growing global sourcing phenomenon. Paying particular attention to Information Technology Outsourcing (ITO) and Business Process...

This book combines the three dimensions of technology, society and economy to explore the advent of today’s cloud ecosystems as successors to older service ecosystems based on networks. Further, it describes the shifting of services to the cloud as a long-term trend that is still progressing...

This book is the second of two volumes presenting a business model to add value through Procurement. Including several case studies of successful implementation, it demonstrates how the increasing complexity of the business environment requires a significant intervention on the management of...

This book introduces 10 mega business trends, ranging from big data to the O2O model. By mining and analyzing mountains of data, the author identifies these 10 emerging trends and goes to great lengths to explain and support his views with up-to-date cases. By incorporating the latest...

This open access book addresses the most recent developments in cloud computing such as HPC in the Cloud, heterogeneous cloud, self-organising and self-management, and discusses the business implications of cloud computing adoption. Establishing the need for a new architecture for cloud...