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Table 2 Highlights of interviewed consultants

From: Cloudy transaction costs: a dive into cloud computing economics

 

Characteristic

Frequency

Consultancy-side experts

More than 25 years experience in IT consultancy, with current focus on cloud computing

3

More than 7 years experience in IT consultancy/ cloud computing

1

Author of a best selling cloud computing book.

1

Awarded a PhD on cloud computing economics.

1

Named by wired.com as one of top 10 Cloud Influencers [17]

1

Vendor-side experts

Account manager in a top-two cloud-computing vendor according to Forbes [20].

3

Presales consultant in a top-ten cloud-computing vendor according to Forbes [20].

1

Customers-side experts

Cloud manager in a 100,000 employees multinational

2

Middle level cloud roles

2