Advances, Systems and Applications
Table 1 A review of the existing cloud DSSs
Proposed approach | Cloud service | Factors taken into account | Method | Level of support |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Suitability analysis for cloud computing [45] | Not specified | Size of the IT resources, the utilisation pattern of the resources, sensitivity of the data, and criticality of the service | ROI model | Design |
CloudMIG [65] | PaaS and IaaS | Applications reengineering | Mathematical modelling | Design and Choice |
Cloud adoption toolkit [18] | IaaS | Cost, characteristic social factors, political factors, performance, and practicalities | UML | Choice |
DSS for migrating applications [21] | SaaS | Applications distribution, cloud providers selection, elasticity strategy, multi-tenancy requirements. | Three-tiered architecture | Design and Choice |
DSS for migrating applications [66] | SaaS | Cost and providers’ characteristic | Conceptual modelling | Choice |
Applications adaptations for the cloud environment [6] | SaaS | The need for adaptation | Holistic approach | Design |
partially migration of applications to the cloud [67] | SaaS | Hybrid deployment | Component placement a and AHP | Design and Choice |
SMICloud [22] | Not specified | Accountability, agility, assurance, cost, performance, and security and privacy. | Component placement a and AHP | Choice |
InCLOUDer [50] | SaaS | Applications adaptations and Accountability, agility, assurance, cost, performance, and security and privacy. | AHP | Design and Choice |
DSS for migrating applications [68] | SaaS and PaaS | The database layer of an application | Step-by-step methodology | Design |
CloudGenius [19] | IaaS | Cost, Performance, providers’ characteristic | AHP and mathematical modelling | Choice |
Configuration support [23] | IaaS | Cost and providers’ characteristic | Feature model | Choice |
Workflow Infrastructure migration [56] | IaaS | Cost and providers’ characteristic | OPAL Simulation | Choice |