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A Critical Review of Cloud Computing Architecture Empowered with Blockchain Technology

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Cyber Security Impact on Digitalization and Business Intelligence

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Blockchain technology (BCT) is a dispersed ledger with data records that are shared among the network’s nodes and contain all the specifics of the transactions that have taken place. Consensus mechanisms are used to confirm every transaction made in the system, and once data has been stored, it cannot be changed. Bitcoin, a well-known digital currency, is supported by blockchain technology, a prerequisite technology. Another term used with blockchain is known as cloud computing. It uses a network of internet-connected servers to gather, organize, and process data instead of a local server or a single machine. This study thoroughly analyses cloud computing architecture based on blockchain, and 12 articles from reputable journals are discovered and evaluated after applying various filters and searching global databases. Data integration, trust, and privacy are the three areas of cloud security examined in this study. The findings demonstrate that blockchain offers a productive platform in this area.

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  1. Department of Management, College of Business Administration, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, 27272, United Arab Emirates

    Ahmad Qasim Mohammad Al-Hamad & Muhammad Turki Alshurideh

  2. Department of Marketing, School of Business, The University of Jordan, Amman, 11942, Jordan

    Samer Hamadneh & Muhammad Turki Alshurideh

  3. Department of Business Administration, College of Business, Al Ain University, Abu Dhabi Campus, P.O. Box 112612, Abu Dhabi, UAE

    Mohammed T. Nuseir

  4. School of Business, Skyline University College, Sharjah, UAE

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  5. Applied Science Research Center, Applied Science Private University, Amman, 11937, Jordan

    Haitham M. Alzoubi

  6. Department of Marketing, Faculty of Business, The Hashemite University, P.O. Box 330127, Zarqa, 13133, Jordan

    Barween Al Kurdi

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Al-Hamad, A.Q.M., Hamadneh, S., Nuseir, M.T., Alzoubi, H.M., Al Kurdi, B., Alshurideh, M.T. (2024). A Critical Review of Cloud Computing Architecture Empowered with Blockchain Technology. In: Alzoubi , H.M., Alshurideh, M.T., Ghazal, T.M. (eds) Cyber Security Impact on Digitalization and Business Intelligence. Studies in Big Data, vol 117. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-31801-6_29

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