Title :
Learning support tool for SMEs to measure their cloud investments
Author :
Turnova, E. ; Tusanova, A. ; Paralic, Jan
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Cybern. & Artificial Intell., Tech. Univ. in Kosice, Kosice, Slovakia
Abstract :
This paper firstly describes TCO (Total Cost of Ownership) and ROI (Return On Investments) metrics and proposes their adjustments for measuring envisaged SaaS (Software As A Service) investments of companies. Moreover, we designed and implemented a learning application which helps SMEs to understand measure and compare financial flows and calculations related to alternative SaaS solutions resulting in improved decision making process.
Keywords :
cloud computing; investment; learning (artificial intelligence); small-to-medium enterprises; ROI; SMEs; SaaS investments; TCO; cloud computing; cloud investments; decision making process; financial flows; learning support tool; return on investment metrics; software as a service; total cost of ownership; learning tool; return on investment; total cost of ownership;
Conference_Titel :
Emerging eLearning Technologies and Applications (ICETA), 2013 IEEE 11th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Stara Lesna
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-2161-4
DOI :
10.1109/ICETA.2013.6674465
