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Outsourcing to Cloud-based Computing Services in Higher Education in Saudi Arabia

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Outsourcing to Cloud-based Computing Services in Higher Education in Saudi Arabia. / Al Wasel, A; Clegg, Benjamin T; Schroeder, Andreas.
Design Solutions for User-Centric Information Systems. IGI Global, 2016.

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Al Wasel, A, Clegg, BT & Schroeder, A 2016, Outsourcing to Cloud-based Computing Services in Higher Education in Saudi Arabia. in Design Solutions for User-Centric Information Systems. IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-1944-7.ch007

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Al Wasel, A., Clegg, B. T., & Schroeder, A. (2016). Outsourcing to Cloud-based Computing Services in Higher Education in Saudi Arabia. In Design Solutions for User-Centric Information Systems IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-1944-7.ch007

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Al Wasel A, Clegg BT, Schroeder A. Outsourcing to Cloud-based Computing Services in Higher Education in Saudi Arabia. In Design Solutions for User-Centric Information Systems. IGI Global. 2016 doi: 10.4018/978-1-5225-1944-7.ch007

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Al Wasel, A ; Clegg, Benjamin T ; Schroeder, Andreas. / Outsourcing to Cloud-based Computing Services in Higher Education in Saudi Arabia. Design Solutions for User-Centric Information Systems. IGI Global, 2016.

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