CLOUD SERVICE PROVIDER SELECTION FOR A BUSINESS WITH A NEW INTEGRATED FUCOM - WEDBA APPROACH

Abstract

Since the impact of cloud technology on businesses has been proven, more and more businesses worldwide are turning to and investing in this technology. With cloud technology, businesses provide high storage space for their data with high security service by eliminating physical boundaries, while providing significant cost savings with faster data sharing. Determining a cloud service provider for businesses is an important decision. Businesses may have a variety of concerns about cloud service providers, and they need to consider a number of conflicting criteria for selecting the most appropriate cloud service provider. The MCDM (Multiple Criteria Decision Making) methods can be used to solve this problem. The aim of this study is to determine the most appropriate cloud service provider for a business. In this study, after the criterion weights are determined by FUCOM (Full Consistency Method), the most appropriate cloud service provider is presented as a recommendation with the WEDBA (Weighted Euclidean Distance Based Approximation) method. The results obtained from the study show that the criteria in selection of a cloud service provider are security, monthly cost, memory capacity, sustainability, file sharing capacity and additional free storage, respectively, according to their importance levels. In terms of packages offered to businesses, the most suitable cloud service provider is determined as Google Drive.

Keywords

• MCDM
• Cloud service provider selection
• FUCOM
• WEDBA

YENİ BÜTÜNLEŞİK FUCOM - WEDBA YAKLAŞIMI İLE BİR İŞLETME İÇİN BULUT HİZMET SAĞLAYICISI SEÇİMİ

Abstract

Bulut teknolojisinin işletmeler üzerindeki etkisi kanıtlandığından beri dünya çapında her geçen gün daha fazla işletme bu teknolojiye yönelmekte ve yatırım yapmaktadır. Bulut teknolojisi ile işletmeler, fiziksel sınırları ortadan kaldırarak yüksek güvenlik hizmeti ile verileri için yüksek depolama alanı kazanırken daha hızlı veri paylaşımı ile önemli maliyet tasarrufu sağlamaktadır. İşletmeler için bulut hizmet sağlayıcısı seçimi önemli bir karardır. İşletmelerin bulut hizmet sağlayıcıları için çeşitli endişeleri mevcut olabilmektedir ve işletmelerin en uygun bulut hizmet sağlayıcısının seçimi için birbiri ile çelişen bir dizi kriteri göz önünde bulundurması gerekir. Bu problemin çözümünde Çok Kriterli Karar Verme (ÇKKV) yöntemleri kullanılabilir. Bu çalışmanın amacı bir işletme için en uygun bulut hizmet sağlayıcısının seçimidir. Bu çalışmada, kriter ağırlıkları FUCOM (Full Consistency Method) ile belirlendikten sonra WEDBA (Weighted Euclidean Distance Based Approximation) yöntemi ile en uygun bulut hizmeti sağlayıcısı öneri olarak sunulmaktadır. Çalışmadan elde edilen sonuçlar, bulut hizmet sağlayıcısı seçiminde kriterlerin önem seviyelerine göre sırasıyla güvenlik, aylık maliyet, hafıza kapasitesi, sürdürülebilirlik, dosya paylaşım kapasitesi ve ek ücretsiz depolama alanı şeklinde olduğunu göstermektedir. İşletmelere sunulan paketler açısından ise en uygun bulut hizmet sağlayıcısı Google Drive olarak belirlenmiştir.

Keywords

• ÇKKV
• FUCOM
• WEDBA
• Bulut hizmet sağlayıcı seçimi

Thanks

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