A Funding and Governing Model for Achieving Sustainable Growth of Computing e-Infrastructures

Ashraf Bany Mohammed () and Jörn Altmann

No 201062, TEMEP Discussion Papers from Seoul National University; Technology Management, Economics, and Policy Program (TEMEP)

Abstract: The current access policies and funding schemes of computing e-infrastructures represent a huge challenge for the sustainable growth of computing e-infrastructures and a serious jeopardy for investments made into these e-infrastructures. In order to be able to address these issues, the economics of computing e-infrastructures has to be understood thoroughly. As a first step in this direction, this paper conducts a set of computing e-infrastructure case studies and discusses the economic issues of different global computing e-infrastructure efforts. The analyses results show that the major shortcomings that need to be resolved are the insufficient involvement of the private sector in the development of computing e-infrastructures, the restricted user access to e-infrastructure resources, and the lack of sustainable funding. As a solution to these shortcomings, we propose a new funding and governing model for computing e-infrastructures. It follows a token-based market mechanism that allows a business-oriented operation of the computing e-infrastructure. We argue that this new model fosters the transition towards a sustainable computing e-infrastructure, being another requirement for successfully implementing the Cloud computing vision. Our arguments are supported by an analytical analysis.

Keywords: Grid and Cloud Economics; Business Models; Funding; Governance; Case Study Analysis; Sustainability; Grid Computing; High-Performance Computing; Token-Based Market Mechanism; Computing Services; Analytical Modeling (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C61 C63 D01 D02 D21 D23 D40 D45 D46 H81 L23 L86 M15 M21 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 37 pages
Date: 2010-06, Revised 2010-06
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Published in Annals of Telecommunications, Springer, 2010

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