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Chapter 6
How to choose cloud
services: Toward a cloud
computing cost model
Zhipeng Gui, Jizhe Xia, Nanyin Zhou, and Qunying Huang
There are a wide variety of cloud services, each with unique strengths and
limitations. Selecting a proper cloud computing service becomes a chal-
lenge for potential cloud consumers. This chapter discusses some general
criteria in selecting Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) and Platform as a
Service (PaaS) cloud services and presents a cloud advisory tool for assisting
with selecting a cloud service.
6.1 THE IMPORTANCE AND CHALLENGES
OF SELECTING CLOUD SERVICES
The evaluation and selection of cloud services is a ...