Cloud Computing Provider: Service Marketing

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Cloud Computing Provider

Service Marketing
By : abhasDESAI(06) & BharatDALVI(05)

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Gap Model

Expected Service

Perceived Service

Customer Gap

o Expectations of consumers based on the charges priced by cloud service provider. o References and past experiences that are provided by existing users of the cloud service. o Word of mouth expectations of the customer from the existing users of the cloud service.

o Promised up-time of services not in sync with actual uptimes. o Software services required for computing not as per specifications. o Issue resolution not as quick and efficient as expected in terms & conditions.

GAP 1

Customer-driven service design & standards

Company Perceptions of Consumer Expectations

o Support staff unable to resolve issues in a timely and helpful manner. o 24X7 support staff not available on certain occasions. o Software on cloud does not have all features as promised by the cloud provider.

GAP 2

Service Delivery

Customer Driven service design & standards.

o Lack of coherence between actual delivery and standards specified during initial negotiations. o Uptime of service not as negotiated. o Version of software not updated to the latest available.

GAP 3

GAPS

Dimension Reliability Responsiveness Assurance Empathy Tangibles

Means to Customer Cloud Service is available as per specifications provided initially. Support Staff responds to downtimes as soon as possible There is maximum uptime as promised during negotiations. Support staff is sympathetic to the issues faced and responds accordingly. Equipment such as servers are up-to-date and upgraded to latest firmware.

Serv-Qual Dimensions

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