Reaching for the "cloud": How SMEs can manage
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Cloud computing is an emerging new computing paradigm for delivering computing services. The approach relies on a number of existing technologies e.g., the Internet, virtualization and grid computing. However, the provision of this service in a pay-as-you-go way through the popular medium of the Internet renders this computing service approach unique compared with currently available computing
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Int J. Information Management
دوره 31 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2011