Abstract
Cloud computing has emerged since almost a decade as a paradigm for hosting and delivering services over networks. A growing number of business owners and organizations worldwide has adopted Cloud computing as it enables users to access a scalable and elastic pool of data storage and computing resources, as and when required. To build cloud based architectures, virtualization should be ensured as well. It plays a key role for providing flexibility and consolidation of the underlying resources. Despite the cloud computing is witnessing a fast and wide spread across the globe, this technology is not as trendy for some other states, especially for developing countries. The purpose of this theoretical study is to explore a new way for developing countries to benefit from cloud computing use cases and to deal with its challenges and obstacles.
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NIST: National Institute of standards and technology.
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Google Maps. Find local businesses, view maps and get driving directions.
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Facebook. online social media and social networking service.
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Microsoft’s Hotmail. free, personal email service from Microsoft.
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CapEx. Capital Expenditures creating future benefits. it is incurred when a business spends money either to buy fixed assets or to add the value of an existing asset with a useful life that expend beyond the tax year.
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OpEX. Operational Expenditures refers to expenses incurred in the course of ordinary business.
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Boukhris, Y. (2018). Cloud Computing and Virtualization in Developing Countries. In: Belqasmi, F., Harroud, H., Agueh, M., Dssouli, R., Kamoun, F. (eds) Emerging Technologies for Developing Countries. AFRICATEK 2017. Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, vol 206. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-67837-5_19
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