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Table of contents
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PART I: Introduction ........................................................................................ 10
1.1
Cloud computing in small to medium‐sized companies: A travel report
on the digital future ..................................................................................... 10
1.1.1
Can the Cloud be avoided?.......................................................... 12
1.1.2
The Cloud as pathfinder to the digital future .............................. 15
1.2
Fictive story ‐ A Cloud story – Clever Inc. enters the Cloud......................... 17
1.2.1
Clever Inc. in times of crisis ......................................................... 18
1.2.2
The first management meeting ................................................... 19
1.2.3
The second management meeting .............................................. 20
1.2.4
The ten key problem areas .......................................................... 22
1.2.5
Recommended actions ................................................................ 24
1.2.6
Framework conditions .............
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PART II: Cloud Computing Overview................................................................ 27
2.1
Cloud History ................................................................................................ 27
2.1
Cloud Technology ......................................................................................... 28
2.2
Cloud Security............................................................................................... 32
2.3
Cloud Law ..................................................................................................... 33
2.3.1
Applicable law.............................................................................. 33
2.3.2
Data protection............................................................................ 34
2.3.3
Compliance .................................................................................. 35
2.3.4
Contract law................................................................................. 35
2.3.5
Specific contract considerations.................................................. 36
2.3.6
Procurement, License Law and Penal Law .................................. 37
2.4
Cloud Economics .......................................................................................... 38
2.4.1
Why is Cloud cheaper? ................................................................ 38
2.4.2
How does cheaper technology get adopted?.............................. 39
2.4.3
Why is it cheaper for the supplier? ............................................. 40
2.4.4
Why is it cheaper for the consumer? .......................................... 41
2.4.5
What about private Clouds and cost? ......................................... 42
2.4.6
The economy of the future Cloud ............................................... 42
2.4.7
Further reading ............................................................................ 42
2.5
Cloud Organizational aspects ....................................................................... 43
2.5.1
Organisational standardisation ................................................... 44
