• DocumentCode
    649011
  • 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
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    24-25 Oct. 2013
  • Firstpage
    393
  • Lastpage
    398
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • 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
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICETA.2013.6674465
  • Filename
    6674465