关键词: 云外包, 服务提供商, 影响因素, 竞争力评价, 灰色聚类

Abstract: As the trend of current outsourcing service, cloud outsourcing attracts broad attentions of industrial circles. To provide outsourcing service by using cloud computing technology effectively is the key for the service providers to grasp the opportunity of cloud computing and further improve their own competitiveness. Therefore it is necessary and important to research the competiveness evaluation of cloud outsourcing service providers. This article analyzes the factors that influence the competitiveness of cloud outsourcing service providers under the promotion of cloud computing technology, based on these, the competiveness evaluation model using grey clustering is constructed. This study can provide reference for customer enterprises to select appropriate cloud outsourcing service provider. Meanwhile it can also offer some academic bases for cloud outsourcing service providers to improve their competitiveness.

Key words: cloud outsourcing, service provider, influencing factors, competitive evaluation, grey clustering