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Assessing the Effectiveness of Cloud Computing in European Countries

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Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Computer Engineering and Networks

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering ((LNEE,volume 355))

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Cloud computing is a technology which is considered to be very promising and beneficial in the countries of the European Union. However, its implementation in business is not currently that noticeable, and many companies do not manage to assess and voice its contribution. The introduction of cloud computing not only brings significant benefits but also costs and risks. The aim of this contribution is therefore to propose a topical system of criteria for assessing the effectiveness of cloud computing, which is based on the existing experience with this particular technology. Several methods are used in order to achieve this goal, namely, bibliographic search, interviews with cloud computing experts on the implementation and design of cloud computing, and a questionnaire survey among enterprises in the selected country.

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This paper is published thanks to the support of the internal projects of the University of Hradec Kralove: Economic and Managerial Aspects of Processes in Bio-medicine and specific university research (MSMT no. 2111/2014).

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Marešová, P., Kuča, K. (2015). Assessing the Effectiveness of Cloud Computing in European Countries. In: Wong, W. (eds) Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Computer Engineering and Networks. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 355. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-11104-9_89

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