scholarly journals A Proposed Framework for Cloud Computing adoption

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 75-98 ◽  
Author(s):  
Victor I. C. Chang
Keyword(s):  
Cloud Computing ◽  
Cloud Services ◽  
Service Performance ◽  
Organizational Sustainability ◽  
Risk And Return ◽  
Business Context ◽  
Cloud Adoption ◽  
Organizational Challenges ◽  
Cloud Computing Adoption ◽  
Business Requirements

This paper presents a review related to Cloud Computing focusing on Cloud business requirements. From the review the author recommends a number of methods managing Cloud services and evaluating its service performance, including the use of a pair of the Hexagon Models. Three organizational challenges of Cloud adoption are identified: (i) Organizational Sustainability; (ii) Portability and (iii) Linkage. The Cloud Computing Adoption Framework (CCAF) is designed to deal with these challenges by helping organizations to achieve good Cloud designs, deployment and services. How these three challenges are addressed by the CCAF is demonstrated using case studies. Services implemented by CCAF are reviewed using the Hexagon Models for comparison. This paper provides recommendations to help organizations, researchers and practitioners to understand Cloud business context, to measure their risk and return analysis, to migrate their services to Cloud from all types and to connect and integrate different services as a single service.

scholarly journals A Proposed Framework for Cloud Computing Adoption

2020 ◽  
pp. 978-1003
Author(s):  
Victor I. C. Chang
Keyword(s):  
Cloud Computing ◽  
Cloud Services ◽  
Service Performance ◽  
Organizational Sustainability ◽  
Risk And Return ◽  
Business Context ◽  
Cloud Adoption ◽  
Organizational Challenges ◽  
Cloud Computing Adoption ◽  
Business Requirements

This paper presents a review related to Cloud Computing focusing on Cloud business requirements. From the review the author recommends a number of methods managing Cloud services and evaluating its service performance, including the use of a pair of the Hexagon Models. Three organizational challenges of Cloud adoption are identified: (i) Organizational Sustainability; (ii) Portability and (iii) Linkage. The Cloud Computing Adoption Framework (CCAF) is designed to deal with these challenges by helping organizations to achieve good Cloud designs, deployment and services. How these three challenges are addressed by the CCAF is demonstrated using case studies. Services implemented by CCAF are reviewed using the Hexagon Models for comparison. This paper provides recommendations to help organizations, researchers and practitioners to understand Cloud business context, to measure their risk and return analysis, to migrate their services to Cloud from all types and to connect and integrate different services as a single service.

A Framework Strategy to Overcome Trust Issues on Cloud Computing Adoption in Higher Education

2020 ◽  
pp. 162-183 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammed Banu Ali ◽  
Trevor Wood-Harper ◽  
Ronald Ramlogan
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Cloud Computing ◽  
Cloud Services ◽  
Educational Materials ◽  
Communication Services ◽  
Cloud Adoption ◽  
Cloud Computing Adoption ◽  
Strategic Value ◽  
Management Participation ◽  
The Uk

Cloud computing has the potential of adding strategic value to the higher education domain owing to exemplary growth in ubiquitous data and communication services ranging from student access to educational materials to developing teaching and research practices. Despite the wide adoption of CC in HEIs, there is a paucity of research that specifically addresses the issue of trust in cloud adoption in the UK HEI context, as well as identifying smarter and more efficient strategies to overcome the existing CC trust issue in this domain. The authors propose a five-stage strategic roadmap to address the trust issues impacting the uptake of cloud services in UK universities. They conclude that IT and management participation and support are the keys to the success of the strategic framework.

scholarly journals Adoption of Cloud Computing in E-Government: A Systematic Literature Review

2022 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 655-689
Author(s):  
Osama Abied ◽  
Othman Ibrahim ◽  
Siti Nuur-Ila Mat Kamal
Keyword(s):  
Cloud Computing ◽  
Service Delivery ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Cloud Service ◽  
Cloud Services ◽  
Systematic Evaluation ◽  
Adoption Studies ◽  
Service Adoption ◽  
Cloud Adoption ◽  
Cloud Computing Adoption

Cloud computing in governments has become an attraction to help enhance service delivery. Improving service delivery, productivity, transparency, and reducing costs necessitates governments to use cloud services. Since the publication of a review paper on cloud adoption elements in e-governments in 2015, cloud computing in governments has evolved into discussions of cloud service adoption factors. This paper concentrates on the adoption of cloud computing in governments, the benefits, models, and methodologies utilized, and the analysis techniques. Studies from 2010 up to 2020 have been investigated for this paper. This study has critically peer-reviewed articles that concentrate on cloud computing for electronic governments (e-Governments). It exhibits a systematic evaluation of the empirical studies focusing on cloud adoption studies in e-governments. This review work further categorizes the articles and exhibits novel research opportunities from the themes and unexhausted areas of these articles. From the reviewed articles, it has been observed that most of the articles have employed the quantitative approach, with few utilizing qualitative and mixed-method approaches. The results reveal that cloud computing adoption could help solve problems in learning, such as infrastructure issues, cost issues, and improve service delivery and transparency. This review gives more information on the future directions and areas that need attention, like the trust of cloud computing in e-governments.

Systems approach to cloud computing adoption in an emerging economy

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mahak Sharma ◽  
Ruchita Gupta ◽  
Padmanav Acharya ◽  
Karuna Jain
Keyword(s):  
Cloud Computing ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Systems Approach ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Developing Economies ◽  
Resistance To Change ◽  
Cloud Services ◽  
Financial Loss ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Cloud Computing Adoption

PurposeCloud computing (CC) services have given a tremendous boost to the creation of efficient and effective solutions. With developing countries at a slow pace of adoption, this research aims to identify factors and their interrelationships influencing the adoption of CC in a developing country context. The developing countries are enjoying numerous benefits from CC services; however, its low adoption is still a question in developing economies; hence, the authors have selected the context of information and communication technology (ICT) firms in India.Design/methodology/approachThe qualitative research method is used where experts from thirteen ICT firms in India are interviewed.FindingsSixteen factors, twenty-eight subfactors, and 25 interrelationships are revealed through content analysis. Further, causal loop diagrams are proposed to display the behavior of cause and effect of these factors from a system's perspective. This will help to understand the relationships among the factors in order to enhance the speed of CC adoption. Possible financial loss and resistance to change are found as the key barriers to adoption. The proposed interrelationships can guide both policymakers and service providers for designing effective CC policies.Originality/valueThis is the first scholarly work that identifies interrelationships among factors and subfactors, thereby providing a holistic picture to decision-makers while making a choice on whether to adopt cloud services or continue with on premise data centers and servers.

Examining the Contributing Factors for Cloud Computing Adoption in a Developing Country

2019 ◽  
pp. 1663-1685
Author(s):  
Winfred Yaokumah ◽  
Rebecca Adwoa Amponsah
Keyword(s):  
Cloud Computing ◽  
Technology Acceptance ◽  
Behavioral Intention ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Equation Model ◽  
Contributing Factors ◽  
Cloud Adoption ◽  
Cloud Computing Adoption ◽  
Enhance Efficiency ◽  
Facilitating Conditions

The growth in cloud computing adoption is phenomenal in organizations worldwide due mainly to its potential to increase productivity and enhance efficiency in business operations. However, cloud adoption is very low in many organizations in the developing countries. To gain insights into organizations' behavioral intention and usage behavior of cloud computing, based on the Extended Unified Technology Acceptance and Use Theory, the current study investigated the effects of technological, organizational, and environmental factors on cloud adoption in organizations. Using samples from five industry sectors and by employing the Structural Equation Model, the study found that facilitating conditions, habit, performance expectancy, and price value had positive and significant effect on behavioral intention to use cloud computing. But, effort expectancy, social influence, lack of motivation, and inadequate security were found to be barriers to cloud adoption. These findings could contribute toward better formulation of planning guidelines for successful adoption of cloud computing.

Multi-Perspectives of Cloud Computing Service Adoption Quality and Risks in Higher Education

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-19
Author(s):  
Mohammed Banu Ali
Keyword(s):  
Cloud Computing ◽  
Cloud Services ◽  
Innovative Technology ◽  
Sensitive Information ◽  
Service Adoption ◽  
Cloud Adoption ◽  
Convincing Argument ◽  
Security Issues ◽  
Collaborative Tools ◽  
Cloud Computing Service

Universities worldwide are starting to turn to cloud computing. The quality characteristics, which include access to a wider network of computing resources, pay-as-you-go services, self-services, agile services, and resource centralisation provide a convincing argument for HEIs to adopt cloud services. However, the risks leading to non-adoption range from security issues to a lack of cloud vendor support. The findings suggest that security, privacy, and trust are the key determinants to non-adoption as stakeholders felt that the cloud cannot fully guarantee the safeguarding of sensitive information. Key determinants to cloud adoption include improving relationships between students and teachers via collaborative tools and proposing cloud apps for mobile devices for accessing virtual learning materials and email securely off-campus. In conclusion, university stakeholders are still unconvinced about adopting cloud services, but future advances of the cloud may help to steer their decision to adopt this innovative technology given its overwhelming potential.

scholarly journals Multiple Perspective of Cloud Computing Adoption Determinants in Higher Education a Systematic Review

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 89-109 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammed Banu Ali
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Cloud Computing ◽  
Effective Means ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
Multiple Perspectives ◽  
Adoption Studies ◽  
Cloud Adoption ◽  
Cloud Computing Adoption ◽  
Skilled Personnel

Cloud computing has become a major talking point in recent times. An innovation such as cloud computing for higher education institutions (HEI) can be a cost effective means to operate their IT systems effectively without having to spend vast amounts of money on developing their IT infrastructure. HEIs also face the burden of several challenges e.g. limited infrastructure resources and IT budget, as well as limited teaching staff, technical experts, and IT skilled personnel. With support from a systematic literature review approach, this article identifies the key determinants of cloud adoption from a technological, organisational, environmental and personal perspectives. A total of 17 cloud adoption studies in the HEI context and their respected models from the period of 2012 to 2017 are reviewed and discussed. The findings suggest a lack of cloud adoption studies in the HEI domain from multiple perspectives, particularly in relation to the wider socio-technical concerns related to cloud adoption and future studies related to this research gap are deliberated.

Selection of Cloud Delivery and Deployment Models

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 17-32
Author(s):  
Mustafa I.M. Eid ◽  
Ibrahim M. Al-Jabri ◽  
M. Sadiq Sohail
Keyword(s):  
Cloud Computing ◽  
Expert System ◽  
Service Delivery ◽  
Cloud Service ◽  
Cloud Services ◽  
Organizational Conditions ◽  
Cloud Computing Adoption ◽  
Selection Decision ◽  
The Right ◽  
System Prototype

Research interests on cloud computing adoption and its effectiveness in terms of cost and time has been increasing. However, one of the challenging decisions facing management in adopting cloud services is taking on the right combinations of cloud service delivery and deployment models. A comprehensive review of literature revealed a lack of research addressing this selection decision problem. To fill this research gap, this article proposes an expert system approach for managers to decide on the right combination of service delivery and deployment model selection. The article first proposes a rule-based expert system prototype, which provides advice based on a set of factors that represent the organizational conditions and requirements pertaining to cloud computing adoption. Next, the authors evaluate the system prototype. Lastly, the article concludes with a discussion of the results, its practical implications, limitations, and further research directions.

STATE-OF-THE-ART OF CLOUD COMPUTING ADOPTION IN MALAYSIA: A REVIEW

2015 ◽  
Vol 77 (18) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hanifah Abdul Hamid ◽  
Mokhtar Mohd Yusof
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Cloud Computing ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
National Level ◽  
Research Direction ◽  
Cloud Adoption ◽  
Cloud Computing Adoption ◽  
Security Challenges ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Way

Cloud computing has made a significant transformation of information technology environment as well as the way the business is conducted in any organizations. While its advantages are obvious, its challenges need to be clearly addressed to ensure successful adoption. This article provides an insights of cloud computing adoption in Malaysia at the national level as well as a review of cloud adoption from various fields and domains in Malaysia which led to research direction in the future. Malaysia is being dedicated towards cloud adoption nationally, and keep its good progress to equip itself as a cloud-friendly country. However, security challenges seem to slow down the effort, thus these need to be dealt with properly. 

scholarly journals A STUDY ON CLOUD COMPUTING ADOPTION IN E-BUSINESS

2013 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 13
Author(s):  
H.S. Lim ◽  
Wahidah Husain
Keyword(s):  
Cloud Computing ◽  
Grid Computing ◽  
Disk Storage ◽  
Cloud Adoption ◽  
Business Values ◽  
Cloud Computing Adoption ◽  
And Performance

Cloud computing is an undeniable shift paradigm due to the rapid advancement in processors, distributed grid computing, disk storage and performance, Internet networking and virtualization techniques. Adoption of cloud computing in business creates some considerable business values. So basically this paper will concentrate on the study of the cloud adoption in business. Besides, this paper also aims to investigate the business benefit gained by adopting cloud computing in the business as well as the key challenges of cloud adoption in business.

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