A Cloud Computing Methodology Study of Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) in the Financial Industry
James P. Lawler, H. Howell-Barber, Anthony Douglas Joseph · 2014
The financial industry is a frequent client of cloud computing systems. Firms in this industry are gradually implementing more of Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) as a new paradigm of this technology. In this study, the authors evaluate business, procedural and technical factors in the implementation of PaaS, as to their significance on projects and on a larger strategy. The authors learn from financial firms innovating in PaaS that procedural and business factors manifested more significance on PaaS projects than technical factors, which may facilitate an optimal strategy with this technology if the firms pursue such a strategy. The findings and the methodology of this study benefit educators enhancing curricula of information systems for current evolutions of cloud computing systems in the financial industry and in generic industry.