Business Administration 3300K Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Disruptive Innovation, Information Technology Management, Business Analytics

• School: Western University
• Department: Business Administration
• Course: Business Administration 3300K
• Professor: Alexander Miller

Document Summary

Weaknesses: loss of physical control of data: unable to guarantee location of company"s information, missing commitment to quality of service and availability guarantees: risky for firms with mission- critical applications. In general: cloud computing has all characteristics of disruptive technology (lower-functionality that appeals to customers not served by current industry + quickly leapfrogs incumbents) Threats: possibility of backlash from entrenched incumbents: it departments (data security, policies + job security, security, performance, reliability: lack of standards (improvement by developing standards from. Foundations (eurocloud) and individual providers: regulation at local, national, and international level. Stakeholders in cloud computing: stakeholders include not only providers + enablers & recipients of service but also regulators (discussed in section 7) Providers: providers will perform maintenance and upgrades on system + pricing, providers have different competencies around different components (software, platform, infrastructure) that make up the cloud computing service.