Title: A survey on IT-governance aspects of cloud computing

Authors: Konstantin Petruch; Vladimir Stantchev; Gerrit Tamm

Addresses: Telekom Deutschland GmbH, Bonn, Germany. ' FOM Hochschule fur Oekonomie und Management, Bismarckstr. 107, 10625 Berlin, Germany. ' SRH Hochschule Berlin, Germany

Abstract: The purpose of this work is to provide a representative survey of current trends in the perception, assessment and adoption of cloud computing within the enterprise. Cloud computing can be regarded as the general principle for using and providing web and grid services. First, we provide a meta-study, where we evaluate existing and published empirical studies. Furthermore, we conduct and evaluate an own empirical study with a representative group of European and International enterprises. Key findings of the work include the significantly higher importance of Business Drivers for the adoption of cloud computing, as compared to Technical Drivers.

Keywords: IT governance; cloud computing; cloud governance; survey; web services management; information technology; business drivers; technical drivers.

DOI: 10.1504/IJWGS.2011.043531

International Journal of Web and Grid Services, 2011 Vol.7 No.3, pp.268 - 303

Published online: 17 Apr 2015 *

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