Communications of the ACM (CACM) has published a cover story in its September issue on how companies need to use their IT-related capabilities to leverage cloud computing resources.
Three information management professors describe the importance of trust between the client organisation and the cloud provider to gain advantage in a competitive market. The group, which includes professors from Belmont University, Kyungpook National University and Baylor University, collected data from a global sample of more than 300 companies in various industries. Their results are seen to reflect the importance of technical, managerial and relational capabilities to maximise the likelihood of deployment success and competitive advantage for cloud computing.
Also in this issue, CACM Editor-in-Chief Moshe Y. Vardi addresses the recent debate over proposed legislation that prohibits open access mandates for US funded research, which has reportedly raised a lot of passion among ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) members. He urges consideration of this issue in the context of ACM's overall purpose in advancing computing as a science and a profession, and its portfolio of programmes in education, professional development, public policy, internationalisation, electronic community, conferences and award recognition. ACM, he says, is not an abstract entity, but an association of computing professionals with democratically elected leadership.
CACM, the flagship publication of the ACM, seeks to offer readers access to this generation's most significant leaders and innovators in computing and information technology, and is available online in digital format.
