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Cloud Computing in E-Government across Europe

A Comparison

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Book cover Technology-Enabled Innovation for Democracy, Government and Governance (EGOVIS/EDEM 2013)

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science ((LNISA,volume 8061))

Abstract

Cloud computing has many advantages which also governments and public authorities can benefit from. Therefore, a couple of European countries have already adopted cloud computing in the public sector or are planning to do so. In this paper, we evaluate eight European countries on their use of cloud computing in e-Government and compare them. As a result, the dominant cloud computing deployment model in those countries is a so-called G-Cloud (Governmental Cloud), a private or community cloud especially designed for national governmental use. In addition, no favored cloud service model has emerged, hence all standard cloud service models (Infrastructure, Platform, and Software as a Service) are adopted by most countries. Finally, half of the evaluated countries have anchored cloud computing in one of their national ICT strategies.

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  1. E-Government Innovation Center (EGIZ), Graz University of Technology, Graz, Austria

    Bernd Zwattendorfer, Klaus Stranacher & Arne Tauber

  2. E-Government / ICT Strategy at Austrian Federal Chancellery, Vienna, Austria

    Peter Reichstädter

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  1. Corvinus University of Budapest, Fővám tér 13-15, 1093, Budapest, Hungary

    Andrea Kő

  2. Center for European Public Administration, Danube University Krems, 3500, Krems, Austria

    Christine Leitner

  3. A-SIT, Secure Information Technology Center - Austria, Inffeldgasse 16a, 8010, Graz, Austria

    Herbert Leitold

  4. University of Economics and Business Administration, Augasse 2-6, 1090, Vienna, Austria

    Alexander Prosser

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Zwattendorfer, B., Stranacher, K., Tauber, A., Reichstädter, P. (2013). Cloud Computing in E-Government across Europe. In: Kő, A., Leitner, C., Leitold, H., Prosser, A. (eds) Technology-Enabled Innovation for Democracy, Government and Governance. EGOVIS/EDEM 2013. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 8061. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-40160-2_15

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