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The Public Cloud for e-Government

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  • Bernd Zwattendorfer

    (E-Government Innovation Center, Graz University of Technology, Graz, Austria)

  • Arne Tauber

    (E-Government Innovation Center, Graz University of Technology, Graz, Austria)

Abstract

Cloud computing and its flexible business model of consuming IT resources such as computing power or data storage just on demand promises a lot of benefits and advantages. These advantages also the public sector and governments can benefit from. Hence, cloud computing is already on the agenda of governmental policy and decision makers. Additionally, various countries have already adapted their IT strategies to support cloud computing for their governmental and public services. However, within the public sector the private cloud model currently constitutes the dominant deployed approach. Although this model offers high control it does not take full advantage of the economic benefits of cloud computing. Therefore, based on an evaluation of different cloud models and a comparison of different national cloud computing strategies the authors argue and show that public clouds are worth more than a peek for e-Government because of their tremendous cost savings potential.

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  • Bernd Zwattendorfer & Arne Tauber, 2013. "The Public Cloud for e-Government," International Journal of Distributed Systems and Technologies (IJDST), IGI Global, vol. 4(4), pages 1-14, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:igg:jdst00:v:4:y:2013:i:4:p:1-14
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