Cost Factors that Influence Ownership of Mainframe or Cloud-Based Data Center Environments
Nicholas Dayl Bingell · Scholars' Bank (University of Oregon) · 2014
This annotated bibliography focuses on organizations considering the move from mainframe data center environments to cloud-based alternatives and the true total cost of ownership of the latter solution.Literature published from 2010 to 2014 is included to help executives clarify evaluations of mainframe versus cloud-based solutions by comparing cost differential and potential advantages/disadvantages of the environments.Ultimately, the intent is to understand whether to stay with existing mainframe architectures or move to cloud-based environments.