Cost Analysis of Public Cloud IaaS Access of SMEs
Cong Cheng, Ai Qing Chen · Applied Mechanics and Materials · 2014
The CIOs of many SMEs take a wait-and-see attitude towards IaaS public cloud. Their greatest concern is whether IaaS public cloud access can really reduce cost. This paper analyzes and compares the cost of self-built server of SMEs and accessing three public cloud providers, and factors except for price that should be taken into account in the hope of providing better reference for informatization construction of SMEs.