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
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