Application migration to cloud: A taxonomy of critical factors

Proceedings - International Conference on Software Engineering

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 22-28

  Tran, Van ^a,b,c   Keung, Jacky ^a,b,c   Liu, Anna ^a,b,c   Fekete, Alan ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

cloud computing; cost factors and overheads; cost benefit analysis; deployment strategy; software metrics; taxonomy; utility computing

Indexed keywords

COST FACTORS AND OVERHEADS; COST-BENEFIT TRADEOFFS; CRITICAL FACTORS; DATA STORAGE; DECISION MAKERS; DEPLOYMENT STRATEGY; ENTERPRISE DATA; FLUCTUATING LOADS; FUTURE DIRECTIONS; N-TIER APPLICATIONS; NUMBER OF SAMPLES; OPERATIONAL COSTS; PERCEIVED BENEFITS; PERFORMANCE QUALITY; PROGRAMMING MODELS; RUNNING-IN; SOFTWARE DEPLOYMENT; SOFTWARE ENVIRONMENTS; SOFTWARE METRICS; UTILITY COMPUTING;

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; COSTS; ELASTICITY; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; TAXONOMIES; WINDOWS OPERATING SYSTEM;

CLOUD COMPUTING;

EID: 79960617830     PISSN: 02705257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1985500.1985505     Document Type: Conference Paper

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