DocumentCode :
2054727
Title :
Cloud computing sustainability and business process re-engineering in SMEs: Comparative analysis of UK and Nigeria
Author :
Ariwa, Ezendu ; Ibe, Koodichimma Chinazom
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Comput. Sci. & Technol., Univ. of Bedfordshire, Luton, UK
fYear :
2013
fDate :
29-31 Aug. 2013
Firstpage :
181
Lastpage :
183
Abstract :
The UK government investment in cloud computing cannot be under-estimated, in terms of improvement in SMEs productivity through skill-set analysis and effective development of business start-up incubation centres which will yield positive growth in bridging the gaps in unemployment. SMEs in the UK has to incorporate advanced technology of cloud computing in facilitating business enterprise and resources required to virtualisation. The approach to cloud computing depends on the business and organizational needs in terms of the specific services required and model implemented such as: Infrastructure as a service (`IaaS´), Platform as a service (`PaaS´) and Software as a service (SaaS).
Keywords :
business process re-engineering; cloud computing; productivity; sustainable development; IaaS; Nigeria; PaaS; SMEs productivity; SaaS; UK government investment; business enterprise; business process reengineering; business start-up incubation centres; cloud computing sustainability; infrastructure as a service; platform as a service; skill-set analysis; software as a service; unemployment; virtualisation; Business; Cloud computing; Computational modeling; Educational institutions; Libraries; Software as a service; Business process re-engineering; Cloud Computing; Healthcare; SME;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Innovative Computing Technology (INTECH), 2013 Third International Conference on
Conference_Location :
London
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-0047-3
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/INTECH.2013.6653683
Filename :
6653683
Link To Document :
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