REPUBLIC OF SERBIA

MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

www.mod.gov.rs

MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

Material Resources Sector

Defensive Technologies Department

Military Technical Institute

www.vti.mod.gov.rs

CLOUD COMPUTING
APPLICATION IN SERBIA’S DEFENSE INDUSTRY

ALEKSANDAR STOJANOVIĆ

Military Academy, Belgrade, aleksandarss@ptt.rs

Abstract: In modern business conditions characteristic for the world economic crisis and declining business activities and investments, Cloud Computing has emerged as a concept offering new business opportunities. World experience has shown that companies, instead of large investments in information-communication technologies, frequently direct their budgets to basic activities increasing their value and contracting out their informatics support to other companies (outsourcing). Cloud computing is a model through which Internet service providers deliver their informatics resources to companies and charge their services in accordance with the time and size of use. This paper is aimed at pointing to the opportunities of applying Cloud computing in the companies of Serbia’s defense industry in order to improve their organizational structure and dynamize business processes without large investments in information-communication technologies. This would result in considerable business cost reduction and quicker decision-making based on accurate information. Management structures and management companies should establish a business strategy based on Cloud computing and specify adequate business models under new conditions. As this refers to informatics support to public sector companies (publicly-owned resources), external effects that could be achieved should be evaluated. Those are, first of all, internetworking of public companies of Serbia’s defense industry with state, scientific and education institutions and encouragement to further development of private sector companies.

Key words: Cloud Computing, Internet, information technologies, company, management.