Keep your feet on the ground when moving software into the cloud

International Journal of Digital Content Technology and its Applications

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 10-17

  Witt, Walter F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cloud computing; Web 2.0

Indexed keywords

CLOUD COMPUTING; GARTNER; LEGACY APPLICATIONS; SOFTWARE SUPPLIERS; WEB 2.0;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; INTERNET; WORLD WIDE WEB;

DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS;

EID: 78651575866     PISSN: 19759339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4156/jdcta.vol4.issue2.1     Document Type: Article

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