Sailing the cloud: A case study of perceptions and changing roles in an Australian university

19th European Conference on Information Systems, ECIS 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Sarkar, Pradip K ^a   Young, Leslie W ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Case research; Cloud computing; IT in organizations; IT services; Outsourcing; Universities

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CUTS; COST SAVING; IT INDUSTRY; IT INFRASTRUCTURES; IT SERVICES; PAY-PER-USE; POLICY MAKERS; SCALABLE COMPUTING; UNIVERSITIES;

CLOUD COMPUTING; INDUSTRY; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; OUTSOURCING; RESEARCH; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

RISK PERCEPTION;

EID: 84870642692     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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