An Integral Framework For Realising Control During Cloud Transition

Digitisation of businesses and keeping up with technological trends has become a pivotal factor for organisations to remain competent in the current market. Owing to the array of advantages that the Cloud offers many businesses have been moving towards cloud-based environments. A technological transition like Cloud adoption is often not...

Managing Multi-Cloud Systems: A framework for effective management and governance of multivendor cloud arrangements

Multi-cloud systems are systems where multiple public clouds are combined. This can occur in either a service-based or a library-based system. With multi-cloud, challenges like interoperability and security come along. Technical solutions to approach multi-cloud and its challenges exist, but there is a lack of organizational knowledge on this...

Towards a framework for cloud computing use by governments: Leaders, followers and laggers

There are large varieties of governmental organizations using clouds in different ways. The purpose of this article is to explore and classify the types of public organizations using cloud computing. This will help to improve our understanding of cloud adoption and use by governments. For this, a systematic review of literature on cloud...

Determinants of software-as-a-service benefits and impact on firm performance

Software as a Service (SaaS) is increasingly used by firms for sourcing business application software. SaaS can enable a cost reduction and quality improvement of existing operations and provide rapid and low-cost innovation. However, decision makers are unclear about how they can benefit from SaaS. This study contributes to filling this...

Land Information Management and its (3D) Database Foundation

From the inception of the Oracle Spatial Engine over ten years ago, Oracle has been striving to make spatial information an integral part of its information management architecture. The Oracle information management architecture includes such areas as GIS, Document Management and Archiving and Business Intelligence. Built initially as disparate...