Research Journal of Business Management1819-19322152-0437Academic Journals Inc.10.3923/rjbm.2013.28.40K. HmoodKhadair N. Al-MadiFaisal 1201371Cloud computing is a new era in internet technologies that aims to store information
on servers and this information will be provided as service based on on-demand
to the clients. Cloud computing technology basically is a way of offering business
infrastructure as a service. In other words, integration initiatives based on
cloud computing has the chance to provide the user with an immediate results,
as they do not use a time-consuming infrastructure build-up process. The most
important feature that the cloud computing offering is the consumers are charged
per use thus they don't need major software and hardware investments upfront.
The cloud services or web-based software systems that are provided by cloud
computing technology have great impact not only on decentralizing the business
model but these systems take the Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and
its communications to more than the desired level which has effective and tangible
impact on sales and marketing initiatives. This study presents the cloud computing
structure, benefits and challenges and the impact of cloud solutions on business.]]>Armbrust, M., A. Fox, R. Griffith, A.D. Joseph and R. Katz et al.,2010535058Hmood, A.K., Z.M. Kasirun, H.A. Jalab, G.M. Alam, A.A. Zaidan and B.B. Zaidan,2010510541062Hmood, A.K., B.B. Zaidan, A.A. Zaidan and H.A. Jalab,20101020942100Hmood, A.K., H.A. Jalab, Z.M. Kasirun, B.B. Zaidan and A.A. Zaidan,20101018251833Al-Frajat, A.K., H.A. Jalab, Z.M. Kasirun, A.A. Zaidan and B.B. Zaidan,20101016441649Anonymous,20082008Bhargava, H.K. and S. Sundaresan,20042004pp: 110Buyya, R., C.S. Yeo, S. Venugopal, J. Broberg and I. Brandic,200925599616Carr, N., 2008Carr, N.G.,2005466773Chesbrough, H. and R.S. Rosenbloom,200211529555Cooter, M.,20102010Duncan, D., X. Chu, C. Vecchiola and R. Buyya,20092009Durkee, D.,2010536269Etro, F.,200752543566Etro, F.,2009Greenberg, A., J. Hamilton, D.A. Maltz and P. Patel,2009396873Harmon, R., H. Demirkan, B. Hefley and N. Auseklies,20092009pp: 110Hunter, P.,200945456Lyer, B. and J.C. Henderson,20109117131Khajeh-Hosseini, A., D. Greenwood and I. Sommerville,20102010Khajeh-Hosseini, A., I. Sommerville and I. Sriram,20102010Klems, M., J. Nimis and S. Tai,20092009pp: 110-123pp: 110-123Lin, G., D. Fu, J. Zhu and G. Dasmalchi,2009111013Li, X., Y. Li, T. Liu, J. Qiu and J. Wang,20092009pp: 93100Malone, T.W., P. Weill, R.K. Lai, V.T. D'Urso, G. Herman, T.G. Apel and S.L. Woerner,20062006Rappa, M.A.,2004433242Nurmi, D., R. Wolski and C. Grzegorczyk,20092009pp: 124131Osterwalder, A. and Y. Pigneur,20022002Osterwalder, A.,20042004Qian, L., Z. Luo, Y. Du and L. Guo,20092009pp: 626631Agarwal, R. and H.C. Lucas,200529381398Buyya, R., C.S. Yeo and S. Venugopal,20082008pp: 513Rajala, R. and M. Westerlund,20078115126Tai, S.,20102010pp: 34Alford, T. and G. Morton,20092009Vaquero, L.M., L. Rodero-Merino, J. Caceres and M. Lindner,2009395055Wade, J., 2010574555Weinhardt, C., A. Anandasivam, B. Blau, N. Borissov, T. Meinl, W. Michalk and J. StoBer,20091391399Yeo, C.S., S. Venugopal, X. Chu and R. Buyya,200925599616Youseff, L., M. Butrico and D. da Silva,20082008pp: 110Zhang, Q., L. Cheng and R. Boutaba,20101718Zhu, J., X. Fang, Z. Guo, M.H. Niu, F. Cao, S. Yue and Q.Y. Liu,20095931621625