Software renting in the era of cloud computing

Proceedings - 2012 IEEE 5th International Conference on Cloud Computing, CLOUD 2012

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 662-669

  Ojala, Arto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

cloud computing; competitive strategy; SaaS; Software renting

Indexed keywords

CLOUD SERVICES; COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE; COMPETITIVE STRATEGY; LICENSE FEE; NEGOTIATING POWER; RENTAL AGREEMENTS; REVENUE MODELS; REVENUE STREAMS; SAAS; SOFTWARE PRICING; STRATEGIC TOOL;

COMMERCE; COMPETITION; ECONOMICS; PROFITABILITY; SALES;

CLOUD COMPUTING;

EID: 84866757857     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CLOUD.2012.71     Document Type: Conference Paper

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