Taxonomy of cloud computing services

Abstract

Cloud computing is a highly discussed topic, and many big players of the software industry are entering the development of cloud services. Several companies want to explore the possibilities and benefits of cloud computing, but with the amount of cloud computing services increasing quickly, the need for a taxonomy framework rises. This paper describes the available cloud computing services, and proposes a tree-structured taxonomy based on their characteristics, to easily classify cloud computing services making it easier to compare them.