Title
Smes' Perception Of Cloud Computing: Potential And Security
Abstract
Cloud computing is a new paradigm for emerging technology in the computing and IT industries. Cloud computing offers a new pathway for business agility and supports a faster time to market by offering ready-to-consume cloud-based IT services. SMEs can wisely take advantage of the cloud computing services, without the need for upfront costs. The perception of cloud computing from an SME stance is explored. The potential and concerns surrounding the adoption of cloud computing are discussed. A survey of SMEs conducted in the UK by the authors shows SMEs interests in exploiting the cloud computing services, but there are still some concerns with regards to security and vendor lock-in. This could have affected the speed of cloud computing being adopted.
Year
DOI
Venue
2012
10.1007/978-3-642-32775-9_19
COLLABORATIVE NETWORKS IN THE INTERNET OF SERVICES
Keywords
Field
DocType
Cloud computing security, cloud computing services, SMEs
Services computing,Computer science,Knowledge management,Vendor,Business agility,Cloud computing security,Utility computing,Emerging technologies,Time to market,Cloud computing
Conference
Volume
ISSN
Citations 
380
1868-4238
1
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.35
5
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Reza Sahandi1306.52
Adel Alkhalil251.44
Justice Opara-Martins3182.16