Assessing cloud readiness: Introducing the magic matrices method used by continental AG

IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology

Volumn 366, Issue , 2011, Pages 270-281

  Loebbecke, Claudia ^a   Thomas, Bernhard ^b   Ullrich, Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b Continental AG ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Assessment Method; Cloud Computing; Cloud Readiness; Compliance Risks; Practitioner Experience

Indexed keywords

CLOUD COMPUTING; COMPLIANCE CONTROL; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION USE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; IT SERVICES; MULTI-NATIONALS; PRACTITIONER EXPERIENCE; STUMBLING BLOCKS; USER CONTROL;

MATRIX ALGEBRA;

EID: 84951008378     PISSN: 18684238     EISSN: 1868422X     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-24148-2_18     Document Type: Conference Paper

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