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The majority of academic and industry literature focuses predominantly on the technical benefits of cloud computing. Where a discussion of business value exists, the technical benefits of cloud computing tend to be espoused:

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  1. School of Computing and Mathematics, University of Derby, Derby, UK

    Richard Hill

  2. Arts, Computing, Engineering and Sciences, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, UK

    Laurie Hirsch & Peter Lake

  3. Metanova and Vistex Inc., London, UK

    Siavash Moshiri

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Hill, R., Hirsch, L., Lake, P., Moshiri, S. (2013). Cloud Economics. In: Guide to Cloud Computing. Computer Communications and Networks. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-4603-2_8

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