A critical review of cloud computing: researching desires and realities

被引:212
作者
Venters, Will [1 ]
Whitley, Edgar A. [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ London London Sch Econ & Polit Sci, Informat Syst & Innovat Grp, Dept Management, London WC2A 2AE, England
关键词
cloud computing; services; latency; hybrid clouds; scalability; security; INFORMATION-TECHNOLOGY; MANAGEMENT; SOFTWARE; EXPECTATIONS; STRATEGIES; AGILITY; SOCIOLOGY; ISSUES; LOGIC; SAAS;
D O I
10.1057/jit.2012.17
中图分类号
TP [自动化技术、计算机技术];
学科分类号
0812 ;
摘要
Cloud computing has become central to current discussions about corporate information technology. To assess the impact that cloud may have on enterprises, it is important to evaluate the claims made in the existing literature and critically review these claims against empirical evidence from the field. To this end, this paper provides a framework within which to locate existing and future research on cloud computing. This framework is structured around a series of technological and service 'desires', that is, characteristics of cloud that are important for cloud users. The existing literature on cloud computing is located within this framework and is supplemented with empirical evidence from interviews with cloud providers and cloud users that were undertaken between 2010 and 2012. The paper identifies a range of research questions that arise from the analysis. Journal of Information Technology (2012) 27, 179-197. doi:10.1057/jit.2012.17; published online 14 August 2012
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页码:179 / 197
页数:19
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