Cloud sourcing and cloud computing have become de-facto standards in recent years for a range of applications. Cloud … issues. This research makes a significant contribution to this emerging field by conducting an international survey of cloud … computing adoption and perspectives of SMEs, across two countries: Germany and New Zealand, and seeks to clarify and compare …

We are in the midst of a revolution within computing. It goes under the name of cloud computing. Analysts estimate that … in 2012, the size of the enterprise cloud-computing business may reach $60 billion to $80 billion – or about 10% of the … obstacles that are encountered when implementing cloud computing, because the market provides only marginal assurance. This …

and arguably more evolutionary innovation at the lower layers of the ICT infrastructure: cloud computing. It describes a …. Cloud computing is arguably responsible, at least in part, for the speed at which new social platforms are being developed … and brought to market. This paper starts with a brief introduction to and framing of cloud computing as both a …