There is much discussion about the emerging concept of “cloud computing” in research and practice alike. To put it simple, cloud computing can be seen as a distributed computing paradigm that is based on a pool of abstracted, virtualized, dynamically-scalable, managed computing power, storage, platforms, and services. These resources are provided via the internet. Driven by the current hype surrounding this topic, many software vendors developed new applications or redesigned their existing ones in order to provide cloud-based IT-services to their customers.

Examples are Windows Azure, Google App Engine or Apple iCloud. Recently, also the economic potentials cloud computing opens up for businesses of all sizes are subject of discussions. Moreover, the idea to create whole business processes “as a service” and provide them within a cloud-based environment gains ground.

In the seminar “Technologies and Applications of Cloud Computing in Logistics”, the students shall work out the conceptual and technological foundations of cloud computing, including the aspects of interoperability and data security/protection. Moreover, the applicability of cloud computing in the context of logistics shall be examined.

Some of the questions discussed in the scope of the seminar are: “What are suited application areas for cloud computing in logistics?”, “How can logistic service provider manage the transition towards cloud computing?”, “What impact does this new paradigm might have on established business models in the sphere of logistics and what new business models might emerge?”.

These and similar questions are processed by the students in form of delimited, individual seminar theses. The results are presented and discussed in front of the class.

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