Cloud Governance - The Relevance of Cloud Brokers

Abstract

This contribution provides an overview of cloud governance aspects based on a representative survey of trends in the perception, assessment and adoption of Cloud Computing within the enterprise. The survey was conducted through a two-fold research approach and combined a meta-study of existing and published empirical studies with an own empirical study within a representative group of European and International enterprises. We consider governance through the prism of adoption drivers and focus on the role of cloud brokers and cloud marketplaces more specifically.