• DocumentCode
    1488172
  • Title

    X as a Service, Cloud Computing, and the Need for Good Judgment

  • Author

    Schaffer, H.E.

  • Author_Institution
    North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC, USA
  • Volume
    11
  • Issue
    5
  • fYear
    2009
  • Firstpage
    4
  • Lastpage
    5
  • Abstract
    The paper talks about the spreading "X as a service" phenomenon in the IT arena, cloud computing, and SLA. In the article, the author mentioned that "X as a Service" has entered the vocabulary in many forms, mostly in computing aspect. Also, cloud computing can lead to significant savings as well as significant service improvements. Cloud computing vendors would like to reap most of those benefits.It can change this by bringing past experiences and good judgment into play and adapt them to new situation. That is the mark of being a "professional" in IT field. Experience, understanding, and thoughtfulness can help the contract people write an effective service level agreement (SLA) that puts its needs in good legal form. Ideally the SLA will include all needed services and none that aren\´t needed.
  • Keywords
    Internet; industrial property; information services; social aspects of automation; X as a service phenomenon; cloud computing; cloud computing vendor; Cloud computing; Computer aided analysis; Contracts; Data security; Databases; Law; Legal factors; Outsourcing; Time sharing computer systems; Vocabulary; IT Professional; data management; from the editors; information technology; networking and communications; services;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    IT Professional
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1520-9202
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MITP.2009.112
  • Filename
    5271524