Cloud Computing in Port Industry

As promoted by the vision of "everything as a service", all products provided by cloud computing can recognized as a service. The concept "IT as a service" is an effective solution to the IT difficulties of the port industry. This paper has done a study on cloud computing application in port industry. Combining the architecture of cloud computing with the actual needs of the port business, this paper proposes the cloud computing platform architecture of port industry. This paper holds that SOA infrastructure and cloud computing architecture can meet the IT demand of port industry. Moreover, this paper also provides steps for port enterprises to adopt cloud computing.