Custom-Made Cloud Enterprise Architecture for Small Medium and Micro Enterprises

2011 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 52-63 ◽  
Author(s):  
Promise Mvelase ◽  
Nomusa Dlodlo ◽  
Quentin Williams ◽  
Matthew O. Adigun
Keyword(s):  
Cloud Computing ◽  
Enterprise Architecture ◽  
Virtual Enterprise ◽  
Cost Benefit ◽  
Process Models ◽  
Virtual Enterprises ◽  
Custom Made ◽  
Market Opportunities ◽  
Ict Infrastructure ◽  
Micro Enterprises

Small, Medium, and Micro enterprises (SMMEs) usually do not have adequate funds to acquire ICT infrastructure and often use cloud computing. In this paper, the authors discuss the implementation of virtual enterprises (VE) to enable SMMEs to respond quickly to customers’ demands and market opportunities. The virtual enterprise model is based on the ability to create temporary co-operations and realize the value of a short term business opportunity that the partners cannot fully capture on their own. The model of virtual enterprise is made possible through virtualisation technology, which is a building block of cloud computing. To achieve a common goal, enterprises integrate resources, organisational models, and process models. Through the virtual business operating environment offered by cloud computing, the SMMEs are able to increase productivity and gain competitive advantage due to the cost benefit incurred. In this paper, the authors propose a virtual enterprise enabled cloud enterprise architecture based on the concept of virtual enterprise at both business and technology levels. The business level comprises of organisational models, process models, skills, and competences whereas the technology level comprises of IT resources.

Custom-Made Cloud Enterprise Architecture for Small Medium and Micro Enterprises

2013 ◽  
pp. 205-217
Author(s):  
Promise Mvelase ◽  
Nomusa Dlodlo ◽  
Quentin Williams ◽  
Matthew O. Adigun
Keyword(s):  
Cloud Computing ◽  
Enterprise Architecture ◽  
Virtual Enterprise ◽  
Cost Benefit ◽  
Process Models ◽  
Virtual Enterprises ◽  
Market Opportunities ◽  
Ict Infrastructure ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Micro Enterprises

Small, Medium, and Micro enterprises (SMMEs) usually do not have adequate funds to acquire ICT infrastructure and often use cloud computing. In this paper, the authors discuss the implementation of virtual enterprises (VE) to enable SMMEs to respond quickly to customers’ demands and market opportunities. The virtual enterprise model is based on the ability to create temporary co-operations and realize the value of a short term business opportunity that the partners cannot fully capture on their own. The model of virtual enterprise is made possible through virtualisation technology, which is a building block of cloud computing. To achieve a common goal, enterprises integrate resources, organisational models, and process models. Through the virtual business operating environment offered by cloud computing, the SMMEs are able to increase productivity and gain competitive advantage due to the cost benefit incurred. In this paper, the authors propose a virtual enterprise enabled cloud enterprise architecture based on the concept of virtual enterprise at both business and technology levels. The business level comprises of organisational models, process models, skills, and competences whereas the technology level comprises of IT resources.

Custom-Made Cloud Enterprise Architecture for Small Medium and Micro Enterprises

2012 ◽  
pp. 589-601 ◽  
Author(s):  
Promise Mvelase ◽  
Nomusa Dlodlo ◽  
Quentin Williams ◽  
Matthew O. Adigun
Keyword(s):  
Cloud Computing ◽  
Enterprise Architecture ◽  
Virtual Enterprise ◽  
Cost Benefit ◽  
Process Models ◽  
Virtual Enterprises ◽  
Market Opportunities ◽  
Ict Infrastructure ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Micro Enterprises

Small, Medium, and Micro enterprises (SMMEs) usually do not have adequate funds to acquire ICT infrastructure and often use cloud computing. In this paper, the authors discuss the implementation of virtual enterprises (VE) to enable SMMEs to respond quickly to customers’ demands and market opportunities. The virtual enterprise model is based on the ability to create temporary co-operations and realize the value of a short term business opportunity that the partners cannot fully capture on their own. The model of virtual enterprise is made possible through virtualisation technology, which is a building block of cloud computing. To achieve a common goal, enterprises integrate resources, organisational models, and process models. Through the virtual business operating environment offered by cloud computing, the SMMEs are able to increase productivity and gain competitive advantage due to the cost benefit incurred. In this paper, the authors propose a virtual enterprise enabled cloud enterprise architecture based on the concept of virtual enterprise at both business and technology levels. The business level comprises of organisational models, process models, skills, and competences whereas the technology level comprises of IT resources.

Research on Production and Order Decision for Supply Chain Members of Virtual Enterprises in Uncertain Environment

2013 ◽  
Vol 546 ◽  
pp. 45-49
Author(s):  
Jun Mei Ding ◽  
Tian Rui Zhang ◽  
Tian Biao Yu ◽  
Wan Shan Wang
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Virtual Enterprise ◽  
Production Capacity ◽  
Quantitative Relation ◽  
Virtual Enterprises ◽  
Multi Stage ◽  
Market Opportunities ◽  
Development Tendency ◽  
The Mathematical Model ◽  
Mathematical Derivation

As an organizational way, virtual enterprise had been the development tendency of contemporary enterprise operation. For complex market opportunities, the uncertainty of supply chain in virtual enterprises was the key of enterprise operation. This paper studied the production and order strategy for virtual enterprise members from single-stage supply chain, and then provided reference for subsequent multi-stage supply chain. This paper introduced expected loss, which was the base of making decisions for the enterprise. Through building the mathematical based on the strict mathematical derivation, the quantitative relation between the order quantity of core enterprises and production capacity of partners, and then the mathematical model was verified in the last.

Research on Virtual Enterprise Risk Control Based on Optimization

2010 ◽  
Vol 129-131 ◽  
pp. 1267-1272 ◽  
Author(s):  
Neng Wang
Keyword(s):  
Optimization Model ◽  
Virtual Enterprise ◽  
Risk Control ◽  
Risk Identification ◽  
Virtual Enterprises ◽  
Dynamic Alliance ◽  
Enterprise Risk ◽  
Market Opportunities ◽  
Successful Establishment ◽  
And Control

Virtual enterprises not only help to improve the competitiveness of enterprises but also increase the risks that enterprises face. This paper studies the methods and indexes for enterprise risk evaluation and steps of virtual enterprise risk identification and adjustment, constructs a local optimization model and global optimization model of virtual enterprise risk based on minimum risk loss and finally gives a risk control framework of virtual enterprise. Virtual enterprise is also called virtual organization or dynamic alliance, etc, and it refers to a dynamic alliance of multiple enterprises taking information network technology as support to integrate their respective core competences and resources for catering for fast-changing market opportunities. Virtual enterprise brings advantages of flexibility and quick reaction, etc, but we can not neglect its risks and losses brought by the risks due to uncertainty of external market environment and its complexity and even these risks and losses will lead to its abortion. Under the circumstances, we need to carry out effective identification and control of virtual enterprise risks to ensure the successful establishment and operation of virtual enterprises.

scholarly journals Reshaping the Role of Destination Management Organizations: Heritage Promotion through Virtual Enterprises—Case Study: Bresciatourism

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (8) ◽  
pp. 4471
Author(s):  
Maria Garbelli ◽  
Manuel Gabriele
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Enterprise ◽  
Leadership Role ◽  
Information And Communications Technology ◽  
Virtual Enterprises ◽  
Life Cycle Stages ◽  
Enterprise Model ◽  
Market Opportunities ◽  
Virtual Teaming ◽  
Destination Management Organizations

Cooperation in tourism is considered crucial for sustainable destination promotion, addressing several opportunities to decrease the level of competition among actors to achieve advantages for all. Global markets force rapid, virtual teaming up and high reconfigurability through heavy reliance on information and communications technology in the pursuit of specific market opportunities for a destination’s heritage promotion. In light of a reshaped destination management organization role, this work focuses on temporary cooperation and adapts the dynamic virtual enterprise model to tourism. A case history in Brescia was examined to support the theoretical construct. The resulting conceptual schema highlights the main features of a virtual enterprise in tourism (VEt), the life cycle stages—qualified by dynamic adaptation—and the leadership role of the destination management organizations. In generating a VEt model, four conditions for effectiveness emerge.

Designing a Virtual Enterprise Architecture using Structured System Dynamics

2006 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-29
Author(s):  
Nikitas A. Assimakopoulos ◽  
Anastasios N. Riggas
Keyword(s):  
System Dynamics ◽  
Enterprise Architecture ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Core Competencies ◽  
Virtual Enterprise ◽  
Business Goals ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Efficient Integration ◽  
Structured System ◽  
The Impact

The starting point for establishing a Virtual Enterprise is a set of existing enterprises which might contribute with some of their functionalities (core competencies) to the formation of the virtual entity. The most important issue, in this formation, is the rapid integration of the business processes of the participating companies. The architecture of the VE must assist companies desiring to enter into a virtual relationship by defining the functions and interfaces of critical business processes, thus allowing for a more rapid and efficient integration of the expertise which will be contributed by each partner in the virtual enterprise. While the integration of computer and communication technologies are no doubt critical issues, the successful attainment of the business goals of the virtual enterprise often depends on its ability to align the business processes and practices of partner enterprises. Focus of this paper, is the presentation of Structured System Dynamics (SSPS) multi-methodology for the design and the evaluation of a Virtual Enterprise Architecture. SSPS uses Systems Thinking and System Dynamics principles as launch pad for its approach. The Systemic Methodologies of Problem Structuring Methodology (PSM) and SAST are also integrated in this new Multi-Methodology. SSPS is a new practical and scientific tool in designing and evaluating a VE architecture providing the ability to determine the impact, reliability, success of the Architectures' models created, refine them and identify potential process improvements. A framework for the rapid and efficient integration of the business processes of the participating companies in the virtual enterprise is provided. For this multi-methodology, a real-life application is also presented for a Virtual Enterprise that constructs Wireless Payment Mechanisms.

scholarly journals GATECloud.net: a platform for large-scale, open-source text processing on the cloud

2013 ◽  
Vol 371 (1983) ◽  
pp. 20120071 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valentin Tablan ◽  
Ian Roberts ◽  
Hamish Cunningham ◽  
Kalina Bontcheva
Keyword(s):  
Cloud Computing ◽  
Language Processing ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Virtual Machines ◽  
Cost Benefit Analysis ◽  
Text Processing ◽  
Cost Benefit ◽  
Data Intensive ◽  
On Demand ◽  
Usage Evaluation

Cloud computing is increasingly being regarded as a key enabler of the ‘democratization of science’, because on-demand, highly scalable cloud computing facilities enable researchers anywhere to carry out data-intensive experiments. In the context of natural language processing (NLP), algorithms tend to be complex, which makes their parallelization and deployment on cloud platforms a non-trivial task. This study presents a new, unique, cloud-based platform for large-scale NLP research—GATECloud. net. It enables researchers to carry out data-intensive NLP experiments by harnessing the vast, on-demand compute power of the Amazon cloud. Important infrastructural issues are dealt with by the platform, completely transparently for the researcher: load balancing, efficient data upload and storage, deployment on the virtual machines, security and fault tolerance. We also include a cost–benefit analysis and usage evaluation.

B2B, B2C and Virtual Enterprise Management Systems

2020 ◽  
pp. 118-127
Author(s):  
Yong Geng Chen
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Enterprise ◽  
Enterprise Management ◽  
Virtual Enterprises ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
Detailed Evaluation ◽  
Business To Consumer ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Business To Business

This research paper provides a detailed evaluation of the business concepts in Electronic Commerce (E-Commerce). The concept of E-Commerce defines the exchange of goods and services with monetary value between consumers and companies. E-Commerce is a web-based catalogue whereby buyers can possibly place order and sellers possibly accept payments. E-Commerce incorporates two forms of business: Business-to-Business (B2B) and Business-to-Consumer (B2C), which provides a definition of the commerce transactions between enterprises, such as between the wholesalers and the manufacturers or the retailers. B2C E-Commerce provides enterprises with the model which allows businesses to deliver purchasers to the relevant merchants and achieve from the commission rewards given by the merchants. This paper evaluates two forms of business with relation to management of Virtual Enterprises (VE) in the field of E-Commerce. The paper will end with an analysis of VE before projecting future directions for health of B2B and B2C in business.

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