• DocumentCode
    37236
  • Title

    Cloud Pricing and Markets

  • Author

    Weinman, Joe

  • Volume
    2
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    Jan.-Feb. 2015
  • Firstpage
    10
  • Lastpage
    13
  • Abstract
    Price wars among cloud service providers have received a lot of press, with providers lowering prices due to reductions in cost structure, but also in an effort to gain share, receive publicity, and signal their aggressiveness in the market to competitors. Cloud pricing models, such as reserved instances, sustained-use pricing, and spot instances, however, are also of interest. They´re a means of competitive differentiation as well as creating value for both customers and providers.
  • Keywords
    cloud computing; cost reduction; pricing; cloud market; cloud pricing model; cloud service provider; cost structure reduction; gain share; Cloud computing; Competitive intelligence; Market opportunities; Market research; Marketing and sales; Pricing; Intercloud; cloud; cloud economics; pricing models;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Cloud Computing, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    2325-6095
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MCC.2015.3
  • Filename
    7091800