Preface of special issue on the economics of computing services

摘要

The increase in take up and maturity of Cloud computing systems over recent years has led to the need for a greater emphasis on business and economic perspectives of Cloud systems. As Cloud computing involves leasing, outsourcing and purchasing of compute and data storage capacity, involving a variety of resources, providers of Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS), Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS), and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) need to understand the market, economics, and revenue models in these emerging areas. A closely related theme is the recent fo-