Title: A business model for the personal grid e-workspace

Authors: Michalis Vafopoulos, Vasilis A. Angelis

Addresses: Department of Mathematics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, University Campus, 54124, Thessaloniki, Greece. ' Department of Business Administration, University of the Aegean, 8, Michalon Str., 82100 Chios, Greece

Abstract: The personal grid e-workspace (g-work) is a bidirectional (technology-society) set of technologies, methods and policies for ICT exploitation in everyday life and belongs to web science research effort. In the present paper, a business model for implementing the g-work environment in a small city is presented, based on info Watt (iWatt), a combined metric for digital storage, network traffic, processing power and one-stop web services.

Keywords: g-work; web science; iWatt; business models; personal grid; grid e-workspace; ICT; digital storage; network traffic; processing power; one-stop web services; electronic workspace.

DOI: 10.1504/IJASS.2010.038347

International Journal of Applied Systemic Studies, 2010 Vol.3 No.4, pp.356 - 365

Published online: 31 Jan 2011 *

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