scholarly journals Cloud Computing Adoption by Higher Education Institutions of Iraq: An Empirical Study

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (28) ◽  
pp. 591-608 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zaid M. Jawad ◽  
Iman Kadhim Ajlan ◽  
Zaid Derea Abdulameer
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Cloud Computing ◽  
Empirical Study ◽  
Frequency Analysis ◽  
New Technology ◽  
External Support ◽  
Security And Privacy ◽  
Relative Advantage ◽  
Cloud Computing Adoption ◽  
Significant Factors

In the last years, a new technology called Cloud computing has been developed. Empirical and previous studies, commonly examined in business field and other domains. In this study, the significant factors that affecting the adoption of cloud computing have been examined using a frequency analysis that have been explored by  the previous  studies. The results showed that the most effected factors were relative advantage which followed by security and privacy, complexity, innovativeness, and external support. In this study the model of technology-organization-environment was used to examine the significant factors that affecting the adoption of cloud computing.

UNDERSTANDING DETERMINANTS OF CLOUD COMPUTING ADOPTION USING AN INTEGRATED DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION (DOI)-TECHNOLOGICAL, ORGANIZATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL (TOE) MODEL

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 91-102 ◽  
Author(s):  
Can Sayginer ◽  
Tuncay Ercan
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Cloud Computing ◽  
Security And Privacy ◽  
Relative Advantage ◽  
Top Management ◽  
Management Support ◽  
Cloud Computing Adoption ◽  
Depth Analysis ◽  
Cloud Providers ◽  
Adoption Decisions

Purpose of the study: This study aims to investigate the internal and external factors for CC adoption decisions of companies in Izmir, Turkey using a combination of DOI and TOE models. Methodology: This is a confirmatory survey of businesses, forming a questionnaire for 176 IT decision-makers of non-cloud or cloud user businesses in the city of Izmir in Turkey. SmartPLS 3.0 software is used to assess the determinants affecting cloud computing adoption. Main Findings: The study identified relative advantage, compatibility, complexity, and top management support, using security and privacy concerns and cost savings as mediating variables of relative advantage for CC adoption. The survey results indicated that complexity and top management supports are significantly important for efficient CC adoption. The model explained 41.2 percent of CC adoption. Applications of this study: The study is believed to be useful in fields including business development for most sectors, computing, cloud providers as well as researchers on business administration, sales, marketing, and IT infrastructure. Particularly this study and the suggested framework will help companies and businesses adopt CC appropriately. Moreover, as suggested in the study, governments can use such frameworks when encouraging cloud providers to support companies in their decision making and transition periods for CC adoption. Novelty/Originality of this study: This study will undoubtedly contribute to the decision making processes of the companies for CC adoption. Through the integrated in-depth analysis of the factors that affect the adoption decisions in an industrial region of Turkey, the study will also provide valuable data for the researchers and businesses within similar company personas.

Adoption of Cloud Computing in UAE

2021 ◽  
pp. 2496-2518
Author(s):  
Juno Srivastava ◽  
Krishnadas Nanath
Keyword(s):  
Cloud Computing ◽  
Data Security ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
New Technology ◽  
It Industry ◽  
Cloud Adoption ◽  
Hype Cycle ◽  
Cloud Computing Adoption ◽  
Legal Implications ◽  
Significant Factors

With the advent of new technology, the IT industry continuously strives to innovate in terms of deploying products or providing services and Cloud Computing is rapidly moving in the hype cycle. With practically all the service providers offering products and services with cloud features and functionality and investing in creating a cloud computing ecosystem, it has become important to understand what these ecosystem means to the organizations based out of UAE who have to decide whether to adopt cloud computing or shun it. There are several factors impacting an organization's decision on its choice of cloud computing adoption (like data security, Legal implications and derived benefits especially in UAE) (Al Tamimi & Company, 2005). There is a need for an assessment of cloud ecosystem in UAE which would be one of the significant factors considered cloud adoption in this region. This study analyzes the current cloud ecosystem providers in UAE and their product and services on cloud computing. It also tries to relate the relation between the cloud ecosystem and the factors impacting organization's decision to adopt cloud computing.

scholarly journals Factors Influencing Cloud Computing Adoption in Higher Education Institutions of Least Developed Countries: Evidence from Republic of Yemen

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (22) ◽  
pp. 8098
Author(s):  
Abdullah Hussein Alghushami ◽  
Nur Haryani Zakaria ◽  
Zahurin Mat Aji
Keyword(s):  
Cloud Computing ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Regulatory Policy ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Partial Least Square ◽  
Least Square ◽  
Security And Privacy ◽  
Relative Advantage ◽  
Least Developed Countries ◽  
Cloud Computing Adoption

Cloud-based technology, which is now well established, helps in reducing costs and providing accessibility, reliability and flexibility. However, the Yemen higher educational institutions (HEIs) have not yet embraced the technology due to security and privacy concerns, lack of trust, negative cultural attitudes (i.e., tribalism), and most importantly, lack of digital devices experience in educational settings as well as lack of knowledge and technical know-how. Thus, this study proposes a conceptual model of cloud computing adoption in Yemen HEIs by investigating the influence of technology, organization and environment (TOE) factors. In addition, this study investigates the moderating effect of tribalism culture in the relationships between the identified factors and cloud computing adoption. The study employed the quantitative approach to determine the factors that influence cloud computing adoption in Yemen HEIs through a questionnaire survey. Data were collected from 328 respondents in 38 HEIs and analyzed using partial least square (PLS) structural equation modelling (SEM). The results indicate that relative advantage, reliability, compatibility, security, technology readiness, top management support, regulatory policy and competitive pressure have positive significant impacts on the cloud computing adoption, except tribalism culture with negative significant impact. The study also found that tribalism culture moderates the relationship between compatibility, reliability, security, relative advantage, regulatory policy and cloud computing adoption. This study contributes to the TOE adoption model by including the cultural factor as a moderator towards cloud computing adoption in Yemen HEIs. The study also provides a model and insights for HEIs, technology consultants, vendors and policy makers in better understanding of the factors that influence cloud computing adoption in least developed countries (LDCs), specifically, Yemen.

Adoption of Cloud Computing in UAE

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 1-20
Author(s):  
Juno Srivastava ◽  
Krishnadas Nanath
Keyword(s):  
Cloud Computing ◽  
Data Security ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
New Technology ◽  
It Industry ◽  
Cloud Adoption ◽  
Hype Cycle ◽  
Cloud Computing Adoption ◽  
Legal Implications ◽  
Significant Factors

With the advent of new technology, the IT industry continuously strives to innovate in terms of deploying products or providing services and Cloud Computing is rapidly moving in the hype cycle. With practically all the service providers offering products and services with cloud features and functionality and investing in creating a cloud computing ecosystem, it has become important to understand what these ecosystem means to the organizations based out of UAE who have to decide whether to adopt cloud computing or shun it. There are several factors impacting an organization's decision on its choice of cloud computing adoption (like data security, Legal implications and derived benefits especially in UAE) (Al Tamimi & Company, 2005). There is a need for an assessment of cloud ecosystem in UAE which would be one of the significant factors considered cloud adoption in this region. This study analyzes the current cloud ecosystem providers in UAE and their product and services on cloud computing. It also tries to relate the relation between the cloud ecosystem and the factors impacting organization's decision to adopt cloud computing.

scholarly journals Factors influencing cloud computing adoption in higher education institution

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 412
Author(s):  
Wan Abdul Rahim Wan Mohd Isa ◽  
Ahmad Iqbal Hakim Suhaimi ◽  
Nurulhuda Noordin ◽  
Afdallyna Fathiyah Harun ◽  
Juhaida Ismail ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Cloud Computing ◽  
Data Privacy ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Public University ◽  
Ease Of Use ◽  
Relative Advantage ◽  
Higher Education Institution ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Cloud Computing Adoption

<table width="593" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" width="387"><p>There are few studies on factors influencing cloud computing adoption in higher education institutions. However, there are lacks of understanding of the cloud computing adoption issues in the university. The main objective of this study is to investigate factors influencing cloud computing adoption in a higher education institution. The research method involved using qualitative interviewing with relevant stakeholders and case study at one public university in Malaysia. The analysis was done by using Atlat.ti. There are eighteen factors that have been coded into three main categories of Technological, Organizational and Environmental. These are among factors to influence the decision of cloud computing adoption for a public university. The first category (Technological) consists of nine factors; (i) relative advantage, (ii) cost reduction, (iii) ease of use, (iv) compatibility, (v) operational requirement, (vi) security, (vii) sustainability, (viii) trialability and (ix) complexity, The second category (organizational) consists of four factors; (i) infrastructure readiness, (ii) top management, (iii) knowledge and IT skillset and (iv) financial. The third category (environmental) consists of five factors; (i) Cloud Service Provider, (ii) Geographical, (iii) Data Privacy, (iv) Guideline and Policy, (v) Service Level Agreement (SLA). The result may provide a reference for the adoption of cloud computing in the area of mobile learning or mobile computing. Future work involves conducting similar studies at other case studies including public and private universities in Malaysia.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>

Understanding determinants of cloud computing adoption using an integrated TAM-TOE model

2015 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 107-130 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hemlata Gangwar ◽  
Hema Date ◽  
R Ramaswamy
Keyword(s):  
Cloud Computing ◽  
Ease Of Use ◽  
Perceived Usefulness ◽  
Organizational Level ◽  
Relative Advantage ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Cloud Computing Adoption ◽  
Tam Model ◽  
Toe Framework

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to integrate TAM model and TOE framework for cloud computing adoption at organizational level. Design/methodology/approach – A conceptual framework was developed using technological and organizational variables of TOE framework as external variables of TAM model while environmental variables were proposed to have direct impact on cloud computing adoption. A questionnaire was used to collect the data from 280 companies in IT, manufacturing and finance sectors in India. The data were analyzed using exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses. Further, structural equation modeling was used to test the proposed model. Findings – The study identified relative advantage, compatibility, complexity, organizational readiness, top management commitment, and training and education as important variables for affecting cloud computing adoption using perceived ease of use (PEOU) and perceived usefulness (PU) as mediating variables. Also, competitive pressure and trading partner support were found directly affecting cloud computing adoption intentions. The model explained 62 percent of cloud computing adoption. Practical implications – The model can be used as a guideline to ensure a positive outcome of the cloud computing adoption in organizations. It also provides relevant recommendations to achieve conducive implementation environment for cloud computing adoption. Originality/value – This study integrates two of the information technology adoption models to improve predictive power of resulting model.

A Security Framework for Secure Cloud Computing Environments

2019 ◽  
pp. 249-263 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mouna Jouini ◽  
Latifa Ben Arfa Rabai
Keyword(s):  
Cloud Computing ◽  
New Technology ◽  
Security Risk ◽  
Security Issues ◽  
On Demand ◽  
Cloud Computing Adoption ◽  
Failure Cost ◽  
Computing Environments ◽  
Secure Cloud Computing ◽  
Security Risk Assessment

Cloud computing technology is a relatively new concept of providing scalable and virtualized resources, software and hardware on demand to consumers. It presents a new technology to deliver computing resources as a service. It offers a variety of benefits like services on demand and provisioning and suffers from several weaknesses. In fact, security presents a major obstacle in cloud computing adoption. In this paper, the authors will deal with security problems in cloud computing systems and show how to solve these problems using a quantitative security risk assessment model named Multi-dimensional Mean Failure Cost (M2FC). In fact, they summarize first security issues related to cloud computing environments and then propose a generic framework that analysis and evaluate cloud security problems and then propose appropriate countermeasures to solve these problems.

Cloud Computing Assessment for Students' Social Presence in Relation to Satisfaction and Perceived Learning

2018 ◽  
pp. 59-82 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marva Mirabolghasemi ◽  
Noorminshah A. Iahad ◽  
Sahar Hosseinikhah Choshaly
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Cloud Computing ◽  
Social Presence ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
New Technology ◽  
Educational Experiences ◽  
Educational Environment ◽  
Peninsular Malaysia ◽  
Perceived Learning ◽  
Educational Environments

Many higher education institutions are hoping to enhance student engagement in learning environment for improving the educational experiences and outcomes. Therefore, providing expectations of learners and using new technology environments to facilitate their teaching and learning activities are prominent to make universities competitive. A solution can be cloud computing which is the newest alternative in current educational environments and has significant impact on teaching and learning. This study explores the cloud-based educational environment and discusses how universities may take advantage of cloud computing in terms of students' social presence in relation to satisfaction and perceived learning. This study conducted a survey consisting of 13 questions among students from a public university in the southern region of peninsular Malaysia. The total number of respondents is 103 students. Through this study, a basis for the investigation of cloud computing in higher education is successfully established.

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