Authors:
Till Haselmann
;
Gottfried Vossen
;
Stefanie Lipsky
and
Theurl Theresia
Affiliation:
University of Münster, Germany
Keyword(s):
Cloud computing, Cloud services, Cooperative, Community cloud, Small and medium enterprises.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Cloud Computing
;
Cloud Computing Enabling Technology
;
Cloud Deployment Models: Public/Private/Hybrid Cloud
;
Cloud Risk, Challenges, and Governance
;
Fundamentals
;
Monitoring of Services, Quality of Service, Service Level Agreements
;
Service Monitoring and Control
;
Services Science
Abstract:
Cloud computing, or more generally cloud services, ought to be particularly attractive for small and medium enterprises (SMEs). According to expert opinion, these enterprises should be able to benefit overproportionally from outsourced IT services due to a variety of reasons. As of today, however, many SMEs still refrain from adopting cloud services because they do not trust the cloud service provider sufficiently and they cannot assess the legal implications of using cloud services. In this paper, we present an argument in favor of a cooperative community cloud that applies the paradigm of a cooperative to cloud operations. We sketch our vision of a “trustworthy” cloud, argue for its viability, and identify areas for future research.