Introduction
Cloud computing has become quite a hot topic for discussion over
the past few years. However, although recent interest in cloud
computing has increased, it is not a completely new type of
service. For example, when you send an email through Gmail, or
store pictures on social media websites, you are using cloud
computing services.
In China, cloud computing services has experienced fast and
dynamic growth in recent years. The market value of China's
public cloud computing services for the year of 2012 increased by
73 per cent compared to 2011, and the estimated market value for
2013 is expected to reach RMB 6.3 billion.1 The growth
of China's cloud computing industry has aroused great interest
among foreign service providers. In May 2013, Microsoft Corporation
announced that it would add several thousand employees to its work
force in China as part of a long-term investment in the cloud
computing market. 2 However, since foreign investment in
the
