Benefits management of cloud computing investments

Greenwell, Richard; Liu, Xiaodong; Chalmers, Kevin

Abstract

This paper examines investments in cloud computing using the Benefits Management approach. The major contribution of the paper is to provide a unique insight into how organizations derive value from cloud computing investments. The motivation for writing this paper is to consider the business benefits generated from utilizing cloud computing in a range of organizations. Case studies are used to describe a number of organizations approaches to benefits exploitation using cloud computing. It was found that smaller organizations can generate rapid growth using strategies based on cloud computing. Larger organizations have used utility approaches to reduce the costs of IT infrastructure

Citation

Greenwell, R., Liu, X., & Chalmers, K. (2014). Benefits management of cloud computing investments. International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications, 5(7), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.14569/IJACSA.2014.050701

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: 2014
• Deposit Date: Jul 29, 2014
• Publicly Available Date: May 16, 2017
• Print ISSN: 2158-107X
• Electronic ISSN: 2156-5570
• Publisher: SAI Organization
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 5
• Issue: 7
• Pages: 1-9
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.14569/IJACSA.2014.050701
• Keywords: Cloud computing; Investments; benefits management; information systems management
• Public URL: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/6919