This paper introduces the architecture and the deployment of a Cloud based decision support system (DSS). The DSS the authors proposed is deployed on a platform Cloud (CloudBees) and managed by the OpenStack infrastructure. The DSS is built on the Cloud Computing architecture with three layers...

The growth in data traffic within higher institutions has always been accompanied with the adoption of a more scalable IT infrastructure. With the increasing budgetary constraints, cloud computing (a disruptive technology) presents an attractive means to address the scalability challenges while...

Die Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologie (IKT) unterliegt nicht nur derzeit sondern bereits seit mehr als einem Jahrzehnt einem raschen Wandel und hat dabei enormen Einfluss auf nahezu jeden Lebensbereich. Unternehmen, Organisationen und auch Privatpersonen verlagern ihre Aktivitäten...

In the present day context of globalisation as well as the effect of crisis on the economy, the evolution of companies, regardless of the specific area where they activate, should abound in keywords such as optimisation, added value, cost cutting, efficiency increase, and profitability. In this...