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Read  full  paper  at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=52951#.VK3k-8nQrzE Author(s)   Harshit Srivastava 1 , Sathish Alampalayam Kumar 2   Affiliation(s) 1 Information Technology, Maharaja Agrasen Institute of Technology, New Delhi, India . 2 Computer Science and Information Systems, Coastal Carolina University, Conway, USA . ABSTRACT Cloud computing is touted as the next big thing in the Information Technology (IT) industry, which is going to impact the businesses of any size and yet the security issue continues to pose a big threat on it. The security and privacy issues persisting in cloud computing have proved to be an obstacle for its widespread adoption. In this paper, we look at these issues from a business perspective and how they are damaging the reputation of big companies. There is a literature review on the existing issues in cloud computing and how they are being tackled by the Cloud Service Pr...

Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=48965#.VJjkEcCAM4 Author(s)     Mohamed Watfa , Shakir Khan , Ali Radmehr Affiliation(s) Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences, University of Wollongong, Dubai, UAE . Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences, University of Wollongong, Dubai, UAE . Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences, University of Wollongong, Dubai, UAE . ABSTRACT The trend in businesses is moving towards a single browser tool on portable devices to access cloud applications which would increase portability but at the same time would introduce security vulnerabilities. This resulted in the need for several layers of passwo...

Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=49261#.VJD5acnQrzE Author(s)    Mahmoud Maqableh , Huda Karajeh , Ra’ed Masa’deh Affiliation(s) Management Information Systems, Faculty of Business, The University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan . Computer Information Systems, King Abdullah II School for Information Technology, The University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan . Management Information Systems, Faculty of Business, The University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan . ABSTRACT Cloud computing aims to maximize the benefit of distributed resources and aggregate them to achieve higher throughput to solve large scale computation problems. In this technology, the customers rent the resourc...

Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=47097#.VGGcC2fHRK0 Author(s) Salaheddin Odeh , Mohamad Shaban , Ahmed Qutob Affiliation(s) Faculty of Engineering, Al-Quds University, Jerusalem, Palestine . Faculty of Engineering, Al-Quds University, Jerusalem, Palestine . Faculty of Engineering, Al-Quds University, Jerusalem, Palestine . ABSTRACT This paper shows how a desktop simulation can be migrated into its cloud equivalence using Windows Azure. It is undeniable that simulators are expensive and cost-intensive regarding maintenance and upgrading, and thus, it is not always feasible to buy such a simulator. Therefore, it will be of great significance if we have an approach, ...