Strategic Business Challenges in Cloud Systems
T. G. K. Vasista · International Journal on Cloud Computing Services and Architecture · 2015
For the past few years, the evolution of cloud computing has been potentially becoming one of the major advances in the history of computing.But is cloud computing the saviour of business?Does it signal the demise of the corporate IT functionality entirely?However, if cloud computing has to achieve its potential, there is a need to have a clear understanding of various issues involved, both from the perspectives of the providers and the consumers related to the technology, management and business aspects.Objective of this research is to explore the strategic business, management and technical challenges existing in cloud systems.It is believed that adopting a methodology and suggesting a corresponding architectural framework would serve as a potential comprehensive conceptual tool, which shows path for mitigating challenges and hence effort are put in bringing in by mentioning a suitable methodology and its brief description.It concludes that International Business Machine Common Cloud Management Platform is one way to realize the combined features of various models such as Hub & Spoke Model as a quality of Governance model; Gen-Spec Research Methodology design for semantic and quality research studies into one in the form of Reference Architecture.However in order to realize the full potential of the Customer-Respond-Adapt-Sense-Provider (conceptual) methodology for dealing with semantics, it is important to consider Internet of Things Architecture Reference Model where in the resources are translated into Services.