Cloud software service is a modality for providing computer facilities and deploying software via the Internet. The concept combines Cloud Computing and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS). Cloud computing represents a contextual shift in how computers are provisioned and accessed....

The paradigm of cloud computing has started a new era of service computing. While there are many research efforts on developing enabling technologies for cloud computing, few focuses on how to strategically set price and capacity and what key components are leading to success in this emerging...

Along with the development of cloud computing technology, website owners begin to consider migrating their website from private in-house server to public cloud servers. In this paper, we use a principal-agent model to analyze the underlying economic trade-offs of such migration and then extend...

Research suggests the future of the Internet will be defined by ubiquitous computing: a networked environment in which smart objects, called 'Things,' are imbued with identification data and micro-processing power to form an Internet of Things (IoT). Data production across the Internet continues...

This paper provides an overview of the legal risks that arise from the use of private clouds arising from lawful interception, data protection obligations and legal professional privilege. The paper uses an Australian perspective to provide examples, but concludes that there are significant...

With advanced information technology, compare to the past operation, the significant difference is the companies no longer need to set up their own costly the large server, instead an external professional supplier "cloud computing" technology would be increasingly adopted nowadays. The main...

The Clouds have changed the way services are delivered to the company. Existing systems of Clouds do not support advanced mechanisms for the optimal trade applications across different Clouds. To improve resource management in the Cloud, we integrate the concept of auction Club, which regroups a...

This article analyzes the paradigm of Cloud Computing technology adoption in current global business environment in order to optimize expenditures, cash-flows and revenues for various commercial and even non-commercial entities. The subject is treated in a holistic approach emphasizing both the...

This paper considers firms' incentives to invest in local and exible resources when demand is uncertain and correlated. Before demand is realized, two firms decide to invest in their local capacity. Provider(s) of exible resource observe these decisions and invest in their capacity. After demand...

Cloud computing, which can be described as a technology for provisioning computing infrastructure as a service, runtime platform as a service, and software as a service, is considered as a keystone for innovation in the IT area. However, a limiting factor to innovation through cloud computing...