Cloud computing services: Taxonomy and comparison

Journal of Internet Services and Applications

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 81-94

  Hofer C N ^a   Karagiannis, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Classification; Cloud computing; Comparison; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

CLOUD SERVICES; COMPARISON; COMPUTING SERVICES; MAIN CHARACTERISTICS; SOFTWARE INDUSTRY;

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); CLOUD COMPUTING; DISTRIBUTED DATABASE SYSTEMS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; WEB SERVICES;

TAXONOMIES;

EID: 84857580753     PISSN: 18674828     EISSN: 18690238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13174-011-0027-x     Document Type: Article

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