@conference { ISI:000371484600023, title = {Elasticity and Scalability Centric Quality Model for the Cloud}, booktitle = {2014 THIRD IEEE INTERNATIONAL COLLOQUIUM IN INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (CIST{\textquoteright}14)}, series = {Colloquium in Information Science and Technology}, year = {2014}, note = {3rd IEEE International Colloquium on Information Science and Technology (CIST), Tetouan, MOROCCO, OCT 20-22, 2014}, pages = {135-140}, publisher = {IEEE; IEEE Comp Soc; IEEE Commun Soc; IEEE Morocco Sect; IEEE Morocco Comp \& Commun Joint Chapter; UAE IEEE Student Branch; Univ Abdelmalek Essaadi; ENSA Tetouan}, organization = {IEEE; IEEE Comp Soc; IEEE Commun Soc; IEEE Morocco Sect; IEEE Morocco Comp \& Commun Joint Chapter; UAE IEEE Student Branch; Univ Abdelmalek Essaadi; ENSA Tetouan}, abstract = {Cloud computing seems to be the most logical shift in terms of Information Technology after Internet, Social Networking... Despite the potential benefits that cloud computing offers, the model brings new issues, challenges, and needs in term of SLA formalization, Quality of Service (QoS) evaluation due to the heterogeneous resources and to the special features it implies, such as Elasticity and Scalability. In the scope of this paper we focus on the Elasticity and Scalability attributes to assess their impact on the QoS. The paper provides a multi-lenses overview that can help both cloud consumers and potential business application{\textquoteright}s owners to understand, analyze, and evaluate important aspects related to Scalability and Elasticity capabilities. We determine and analyze the key features of these characteristics and derive metrics that evaluate the cloud elasticity-centric capabilities. We present a specific quality model for those two characteristics derived from their sub-attributes.}, isbn = {978-1-4799-5979-2}, issn = {2327-185X}, author = {Alfath, Abdeladim and Baina, Salah and Baina, Karim}, editor = {ElMohajir, M and AlAchhab, M and Chahhou, M} } @conference { ISI:000309893900036, title = {Experimenting a Modeling Approach for Modeling Enterprise Strategy in the Context of Strategic Alignment}, booktitle = {ENTERPRISE INFORMATION SYSTEMS, PT 2}, series = {Communications in Computer and Information Science}, volume = {220}, year = {2011}, note = {International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems, Vilamoura, PORTUGAL, OCT 05-07, 2011}, pages = {356-368}, publisher = {Polytechn Inst Cavado \& Ave; Univ Tras os Montes \& Alto Douro}, organization = {Polytechn Inst Cavado \& Ave; Univ Tras os Montes \& Alto Douro}, abstract = {Nowadays, the business IT alignment has become a priority in most large organizations. It is a question of aligning the information system on the business strategies of the organization. This step is aimed at increasing the practical value of the information system and makes it a strategic asset for the organization. Many works showed the importance of documentation, the analysis and the evaluation of business IT alignment, but few proposed solutions applicable to the strategic and functional level. This paper aims has to fill this gap by proposing a simple approach for modeling enterprise strategy in the context of strategic alignment. This approach is illustrated by case study of a real project in a Moroccan public administration.}, isbn = {978-3-642-24354-7}, issn = {1865-0929}, author = {Doumi, Karim and Baina, Salah and Baina, Karim}, editor = {CruzCunha, MM and Varajao, J and Powell, P and Martinho, R} }