On the clouds: A new way of computing

Information Technology and Libraries

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 87-92

  Han, Yan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

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EID: 77954007051     PISSN: 07309295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6017/ital.v29i2.3147     Document Type: Conference Paper

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