A critical review of cloud computing: Researching desires and realities

Journal of Information Technology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 179-197

  Venters, Will ^a   Whitley, Edgar A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cloud computing; hybrid clouds; latency; scalability; security; services

Indexed keywords

CLOUD PROVIDERS; CRITICAL REVIEW; EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE; LATENCY; RESEARCH QUESTIONS; SECURITY; SERVICES;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; RESEARCH; SCALABILITY;

CLOUD COMPUTING;

EID: 84866373007     PISSN: 02683962     EISSN: 14664437     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jit.2012.17     Document Type: Review

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