Lecture handouts
Primary Reading
Appirio (2010), State of the Public Cloud: The Cloud Adopters Perspective, Appirio white paper
Armbrust, M et al (2009), Above the clouds: A Berkeley view of Cloud Computing, UC Berkeley EECS, Feb 10th
Carr, N (2008), The Big Switch, WW Norton & Co
Cass, S (2009), Market watch: Virtual computers, real money, MIT/Technology Review, July/August
Cloud hypermarket (2010), The cloud revolution [infographic], cloudhypermarket.com, Nov
Economist (2008), Corporate IT Special Report: Let it rise, The Economist, Oct 23rd
Etro, Federico (2009), The Economic Impact of Cloud Computing on Business Creation, Employment and Output in the E.U., Review of Business and Economics, 54(2):179-208
Hagel, J and Seely Brown, J (2010), Cloud Computing’s Stormy Future, Harvard Business Review blog, Sept 14th
Hinchcliffe, D (2009), Eight ways cloud computing will change business, Enterprise Web 2.0 blog, June 5th
Leadbetter, C (2010), Cloud Culture: the future of global relations, Counterpoint
McKinsey & Co (2009), Clearing the Clouds [discussion document], Uptime Institute, March [pdf]
McKinsey Quarterly (2010), How IT is managing new demands: McKinsey Global Survey results, McKinsey & Co, Nov
Naone, E (2009a), Technology Overview: Conjuring clouds, MIT/Technology Review, July/August
Powell, J (2009), Cloud computing – what is it and what does it mean for education?,JISC e-revolution blog, July 8th
Watters, A (2010), Infographic: The State of Cloud Computing, readwriteweb, Sept 22nd
