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Title:
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THE PUBLIC CLOUD FOR E-GOVERNMENT |
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Author(s):
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Bernd Zwattendorfer, Arne Tauber |
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ISBN:
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978-972-8939-72-4 |
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Editors:
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Piet Kommers, Pedro Isaías and Nik Bessis |
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Year:
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2012 |
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Edition:
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Single |
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Keywords:
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Cloud Computing, e-Government, Public Services, Public Cloud |
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Type:
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Full Paper |
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First Page:
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129 |
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Last Page:
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136 |
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Language:
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English |
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Full Contents:
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Paper Abstract:
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Cloud computing is all over the news today. Its flexible business model and the possibility of consuming IT resources such as computing power or data storage just on demand promises a lot of benefits and advantages. These advantages also the public sector and governments can benefit from. Hence, cloud computing is already on the top agendas of governmental policy and decision makers. Additionally, various countries have already adapted their IT strategies to support cloud computing for their governmental and public services. However, within the public sector the private cloud model currently constitutes the dominant deployed approach. Although this model offers high control it does not take full advantage of the economic benefits of cloud computing. Therefore, based on an evaluation of different cloud models and a comparison of different national cloud computing strategies we argue and show that public clouds are worth more than a peek for e-Government because of their tremendous cost savings potential. |
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