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The economic impact of cloud computing is often seen as its key success factor. Cloud computing is associated with the potential to fundamentally and sustainably change the way in which IT resources are deployed and used, not only in individual companies, but also in the IT industry as a whole. Experts often mention dramatic time savings, lower risks, and fewer obstacles to the introduction of new applications as well as significant cost savings in general while implementing IT projects as the main benefits of cloud computing. This chapter gives an overview of some fields of application relevant to cloud computing and the economic aspects and issues associated with them.
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Baun, C., Kunze, M., Nimis, J., Tai, S. (2011). Economic Considerations. In: Cloud Computing. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-20917-8_7
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