Developers and users situated in low-resource settings are faced with unique contextual and infrastructure challenges when accessing and consuming cloud-based services. In low-resource settings, access to cloud services and platforms is usually characterized by low-end computing devices and...

The current tax laws are based heavily on concepts of physical geography, such as controlling premises and physical equipment or employing staff in the jurisdiction. The geographical concepts do not accommodate the cloud business model in any sensible way. As a consequence, the taxation of cloud...

In this paper, we analyse the potential application to the cloud computing services sector of EU competition rules governing anti-competitive agreements and abuses of a dominant position. We argue that defining the relevant market for cloud services is a key threshold issue, with complex product...

Effective protection of individuals under the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (‘GDPR’) depends mainly on the ‘accountability’ of one or more persons, usually organizations, for ensuring compliance with relevant obligations. As we will see, identifying the ‘controllers’,...

In this paper we explore the rights that individuals have under the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (‘GDPR’) when their data are processed in clouds, and the remedies that might be available to them if those rights are breached. The complex nature of cloud ecosystems can make it...

Cloud gaming represents a new model of video game distribution. It involves playing games that are streamed from a remote server (the cloud), and has the potential to revolutionize gaming as it is, at least in theory, device-agnostic, allowing AAA games to be played on any device with a...

Cloud computing is very popular across the world. It helps in solving challenges faced by small and large scale enterprises in term of cost-effectiveness, security, availability and Information Technology resources. E-commerce in Small and medium enterprises is need to serve the customers better...

This research is mainly focused on the adoption of cloud computing in the information technology (IT) industry of a developing country, Pakistan by using the theoretical lens of technology acceptance model (TAM) and Elaboration Likelihood Model (ELM). Cloud computing, being one of the latest...

The COVID-19 pandemic has altered the way small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) function. To maintain business efficiency and reduce operating costs in the context of the constraints imposed by the pandemic, SMEs have been forced to embrace new digital technologies. Cloud accounting is...