scholarly journals Understanding Business Strategy Factors that Support or Impede Moving Business Capabilities to a Cloud Environment in the Investment Services Industry

10.29007/9gjv ◽  
2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Faghmie Davids ◽  
Jean-Paul Van Belle
Keyword(s):  
Cloud Computing ◽  
South African ◽  
Business Strategy ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Service Level ◽  
Business Strategies ◽  
Cloud Environment ◽  
Level Method ◽  
Services Industry ◽  
It Departments

This research investigates how the business strategy factors for South African organizations either support or impede moving business capabilities to a Cloud Computing (CC) environment. In particular, the research considers larger organizations within the investment services industry. By performing a qualitative study the research investigates the various business and Information Technology (IT) strategies. The various CC options are then explored to draw a correlation between the business strategy factors and CC. It concludes that cloud computing offers no competitive differentiation for South African investment services organisations. For these organisations, their existing business models remains profitable. Business strategy, therefore, has no compelling reason to consider cloud computing. South African investment services organizations align with their business strategies through the service-level method, which cause the IT departments to focus on stability and reliability.

scholarly journals Impacts and Satisfaction of Using Smartphones for Learning in a University Context

10.29007/xdb1 ◽  
2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
B-Abee Toperesu ◽  
Jean-Paul Van Belle ◽  
Marita Turpin
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Cloud Computing ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
South African ◽  
Business Strategy ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Service Level ◽  
Business Strategies ◽  
Level Method ◽  
It Departments

This research investigates how the business strategy factors for South African organizations either support or impede moving business capabilities to a Cloud Computing (CC) environment. In particular, the research considers larger organizations within the investment services industry. By performing a qualitative study the research investigates the various business and Information Technology (IT) strategies. The various CC options are then explored to draw a correlation between the business strategy factors and CC. It concludes that cloud computing offers no competitive differentiation for South African investment services organisations. For these organisations, their existing business models remains profitable. Business strategy, therefore, has no compelling reason to consider cloud computing. South African investment services organizations align with their business strategies through the service-level method, which cause the IT departments to focus on stability and reliability.

Broker-based optimization of SLA negotiations in cloud computing

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 179-195
Author(s):  
Priyanka Bharti ◽  
Rajeev Ranjan ◽  
Bhanu Prasad
Keyword(s):  
Cloud Computing ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Service Level Agreement ◽  
Cloud Service ◽  
Service Level ◽  
Cloud Environment ◽  
Negotiation Strategies ◽  
Sla Negotiation ◽  
Conflicting Interests ◽  
The Impact

Cloud computing provisions and allocates resources, in advance or real-time, to dynamic applications planned for execution. This is a challenging task as the Cloud-Service-Providers (CSPs) may not have sufficient resources at all times to satisfy the resource requests of the Cloud-Service-Users (CSUs). Further, the CSPs and CSUs have conflicting interests and may have different utilities. Service-Level-Agreement (SLA) negotiations among CSPs and CSUs can address these limitations. User Agents (UAs) negotiate for resources on behalf of the CSUs and help reduce the overall costs for the CSUs and enhance the resource utilization for the CSPs. This research proposes a broker-based mediation framework to optimize the SLA negotiation strategies between UAs and CSPs in Cloud environment. The impact of the proposed framework on utility, negotiation time, and request satisfaction are evaluated. The empirical results show that these strategies favor cooperative negotiation and achieve significantly higher utilities, higher satisfaction, and faster negotiation speed for all the entities involved in the negotiation.

scholarly journals Legal issues in clouds: towards a risk inventory

2013 ◽  
Vol 371 (1983) ◽  
pp. 20120075 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karim Djemame ◽  
Benno Barnitzke ◽  
Marcelo Corrales ◽  
Mariam Kiran ◽  
Ming Jiang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Cloud Computing ◽  
Service Level ◽  
Legal Issues ◽  
Cloud Environment ◽  
Inherent Risk ◽  
Sla Negotiation ◽  
Service Operation ◽  
Assessment Techniques ◽  
High Level

Cloud computing technologies have reached a high level of development, yet a number of obstacles still exist that must be overcome before widespread commercial adoption can become a reality. In a cloud environment, end users requesting services and cloud providers negotiate service-level agreements (SLAs) that provide explicit statements of all expectations and obligations of the participants. If cloud computing is to experience widespread commercial adoption, then incorporating risk assessment techniques is essential during SLA negotiation and service operation. This article focuses on the legal issues surrounding risk assessment in cloud computing. Specifically, it analyses risk regarding data protection and security, and presents the requirements of an inherent risk inventory. The usefulness of such a risk inventory is described in the context of the OPTIMIS project.

scholarly journals Mechanism of profit management at the enterprises in financial globalization conditions

2018 ◽  
pp. 74-82
Author(s):  
Svetlana Khalatur ◽  
Irina Plisko
Keyword(s):  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Business Model ◽  
National Economy ◽  
Business Strategy ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Business Strategies ◽  
Financial Globalization ◽  
Value Propositions ◽  
Scientific Practical

Subject of research – conceptual, theoretical-methodological and scientific-practical principles of profit management at enterprises. Aim of research is to investigate and describe the mechanism, factors, reserves and ways to increase the profitability of enterprises of the national economy of Ukraine in the conditions of financial globalization. Methods of research.  The article uses a set of methods of scientific research: statistical, historical, normative, analytical. From the methodological point of view, we note that this analysis refers to the period 2010-2017 years. Results of research. Having studied the ways to increase the profitability of enterprises in the market conditions, we can conclude that due to the lack of an effective business model for increasing the company's profitability in most of the enterprises of the national economy of Ukraine, there is a risk of shortfall in profits or even losses. It is argued that enterprises need to form an optimal business model for increasing profitability before performing financial and corporate activities in order to achieve the desired results. The problem is that many businesses use the concept of a business model and business strategy as interchangeable, which is not correct. Application of results.  The results of this study can be applied in the practice of financial and economic activity of enterprises of the national economy of Ukraine. Conclusions. In order for the company to grow and profit, it is very important that it has a reliable business model as well as a competitive strategy on how to differ from competitors. It is important to combine business model analysis with strategic analysis when an enterprise develops and implements a new business model to protect the results of a transformed business model from the point of view of competitive advantage. This link involves segmentation of the market, creating value propositions for each segment, and developing a variety of "isolation mechanisms" that will help avoid simulating business models / business strategies by competitors. In order to create and maintain a competitive advantage, and thus increase the profitability of the enterprise, differentiated and difficult to immitate, at the same time effective design for the business model of the enterprise is very important.

scholarly journals Strategic Cloud Computing Framework: South African Context

10.29007/p7br ◽  
2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrian Twala ◽  
Ray Kekwaletswe
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Cloud Computing ◽  
South African ◽  
Business Strategy ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
It Professionals ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Efficient System ◽  
Computing Framework ◽  
Information Technology Professions

Cloud computing is internet-based computing in which users can share information technology resources in a secure and efficient system [1]. South African organisations by adopting and using technology such as cloud computing can leverage on its ability to offer a flexible resource that is scalable to the needs of an organization, which are accessible from anywhere at any time. The main goal of this study was to conceptualise a strategic cloud computing framework in the context of South African information technology professions. This study used stakeholder theory, contingency theory, and technology-organization-environment theory as research lenses. The study used interpretivism research philosophy. The primary data was collected using semi-structured interviews from 21 individual IT professionals. The key findings are that IT professionals recognized the importance and benefits of cloud computing. In addition, stakeholders have an influence on cloud computing use and adoption. The IT strategy needs to be aligned with the business strategy for cloud computing to be smoothly adopted and use in an organisation. The study concluded that there is a need for a strategic cloud computing framework that would help to strategically adopt and use cloud computing in a uniformed and coordinated manner in South African organisations.

Effective Methodologies for Enhancing Cloud Management in New Modern Enterprises

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (8) ◽  
pp. 133
Author(s):  
L. Aruna
Keyword(s):  
Cloud Computing ◽  
Business Strategy ◽  
Product Life Cycle ◽  
Manufacturing Industry ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Cloud Services ◽  
Modern Enterprise ◽  
Manufacturing Testing ◽  
Testing Management ◽  
Cloud Users

Today Cloud computing is altering the way industries and enterprises do their businesses in that with passion scalable and virtualized assets are provided as a service over the Internet. This new model creates a brand new chance for enterprises. In this paper, some of the essential features of effective methodologies for cloud computing in the modern enterprise are briefly discussed with regard to the end-users, enterprises that use the cloud as a platform, and cloud providers themselves. Cloud Computing is capable as one of the main enablers for the all new manufacturing industry, it can transform the usual manufacturing business model, help it to align product innovation with business strategy, and create intelligent factory networks that support successful collaboration. Cloud computing has been in some of the major key areas of manufacturing industries such as IT, pay-as-you-go business models, productions calling up and down per require, and elasticity in deploying and customizing solutions. Clients can use cloud services according to their requirements. Cloud users can request services ranging from product design, manufacturing, testing, management, and all others tags of a product life cycle. Cloud Managed service provider (CMSP) is a company that distantly manages a customer's IT communications and/or end-user systems, typically on a proactive basis and under a subscription model.

scholarly journals Potentiality of the South African Construction SMME Contractors Globalising within and Beyond the SADC Construction Markets

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-49
Author(s):  
Iruka Chijindu Anugwo ◽  
Winston Shakantu ◽  
Ibrahim Saidu ◽  
Anita Adamu
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
South African ◽  
Business Strategy ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Business Strategies ◽  
Technological Advancement ◽  
Eastern Cape ◽  
The South ◽  
Construction Market ◽  
Potential Capacity

The African continent stands on the verge of developmental take-off, most especially the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region being one of the emerging economies. The 15 years SADC strategic plan for implementation of infrastructure and construction development is believed to stimulate economic, social and technological advancement; and increase the competitiveness and sustainability amongst the Small, Medium and Micro Enterprises (SMME) and large contractors within the region and globe. The major problem is that most of the SMME contractors within South Africa, which have the potential to grow into large construction companies and, to further internationalise their businesses lacks the global readiness. Thus, the global thrusts have generated the concepts of globalizing business strategy and operations, as one of the drivers of competitiveness of many countries and organisations. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the potential of the South African construction SMME /contractor's capability for globalizing within and beyond the SADC construction market. This study was conducted among the construction SMME contractors in Port Elizabeth, the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa.  The qualitative research method was adopted an in-depth interviewing technique with 34 contractors (civil engineering and general building contractors) within the cidb grade 4 to 6 contractors. These SMMEs are being perceived to have the potential capacity to become large-scale construction organisations shortly. Findings revealed that only two SMME contractors are operating internationally while other contracting firms are currently sustainable and competitive in the domestic market, and however, few are planning to go global. The study also revealed that most of the SMME contractors are reluctant to amplify their potential capabilities, and needed the readiness to develop international business strategies that would enable them to penetrate and participate in the SADC region and global construction market. The study recommends that the SA construction contractors both SMME and large contractors should strive earnestly to harness their potential capacity towards globalizing their businesses, strategies and operations frameworks that would foster their global competitiveness.  Keywords: Business Strategies, Capability, Globalisation, SMME Contractors, South Africa.

scholarly journals Efficiency aware scheduling techniques in cloud computing: a descriptive literature review

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. e509
Author(s):  
Muhammad Usman Sana ◽  
Zhanli Li
Keyword(s):  
Cloud Computing ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Scheduling Algorithm ◽  
Service Level Agreement ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Service Level ◽  
Allocation Of Resources ◽  
Cloud Environment ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Insight Into

In the last decade, cloud computing becomes the most demanding platform to resolve issues and manage requests across the Internet. Cloud computing takes along terrific opportunities to run cost-effective scientific workflows without the requirement of possessing any set-up for customers. It makes available virtually unlimited resources that can be attained, organized, and used as required. Resource scheduling plays a fundamental role in the well-organized allocation of resources to every task in the cloud environment. However along with these gains many challenges are required to be considered to propose an efficient scheduling algorithm. An efficient Scheduling algorithm must enhance the implementation of goals like scheduling cost, load balancing, makespan time, security awareness, energy consumption, reliability, service level agreement maintenance, etc. To achieve the aforementioned goals many state-of-the-art scheduling techniques have been proposed based upon hybrid, heuristic, and meta-heuristic approaches. This work reviewed existing algorithms from the perspective of the scheduling objective and strategies. We conduct a comparative analysis of existing strategies along with the outcomes they provide. We highlight the drawbacks for insight into further research and open challenges. The findings aid researchers by providing a roadmap to propose efficient scheduling algorithms.

scholarly journals A Study on Federated Cloud Computing Environment

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 187-193
Author(s):  
Sapana Sanjay Bhuskute ◽  
◽  
Sujata Kadu ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Cloud Computing ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Geographical Location ◽  
Cloud Service ◽  
Service Level ◽  
Research Area ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Cloud Environment ◽  
Computing Paradigm ◽  
Cloud Service Providers

Federated cloud computing is the advancement in the area of the general cloud computing paradigm. In a federated cloud environment, multiple cloud service providers share their computing assets, servers, and various facilities to fulfill customer demands. Federated cloud computing terminology consists of the aggregation of services considered by interoperability characteristics and creates the integration of several cloud service providers regardless of any geographical location. It improves the performance, utilization of facilities, minimizes response time and pricing model by partial subcontracting various computing resources and facilities from the nearby cost-efficient province. Customers also get profited from service level agreements signed between the cloud service providers through intermediator cloud brokers. This work aims to survey the federated cloud environment, its various architectural types, advantages associated with the federation, challenges associated with a federated cloud environment, and future research directions in the federated cloud computing research area.

scholarly journals The alignment between effective people management, business strategy and organisational performance in the banking and insurance sector

2002 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruwayne Kock ◽  
Gert Roodt ◽  
Theo H. Veldsman
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
South African ◽  
Business Strategy ◽  
Insurance Industry ◽  
Business Strategies ◽  
Organisational Performance ◽  
Management Effectiveness ◽  
Insurance Sector ◽  
Industry Needs

The aim of the study was to determine the nature of the alignment between people management effectiveness, business strategy and organisational performance within the banking and insurance sector in South Africa. From the field study, it was evident that the majority of the participating companies fell short of people management best practices and were therefore unable to support their business strategies, which were in line with best practices. The organisational performance data was insufficient to determine the nature of the alignment between organisational performance, people management, and business strategy. The South African banking and insurance industry needs to realign their people management component to support the appropriate business strategy and to produce a desired level of organisational performance. Opsomming Die doel van die studie was om die onderlinge verhouding tussen mensbestuursdoeltreffendheid, besigheidstrategie en organisasieresultate binne die Suid-Afrikaanse bank- en versekeringsektor te ondersoek. Diestudie het duidelik gewys dat toonaangewende bestuurspraktyke by die meerderheid van die deelnemende organisasies ontbreek. Die mensbestuur was nie in staat om die besigheidstrategieë te ondersteun nie wat wel met wêreldwye beste praktyke ooreenstem. Inligting oor organisasieresultate was onvoldoende om enige afleiding te maak. Mensbestuur in die Suid-Afrikaanse bank- en versekeringsektor moet met die besigheidstrategie belyn word om die verwagte organisasieresultate te lewer.

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