Environment determinants in business adoption of Cloud Computing

Abstract

This paper analyzes the influence of Technology Providers, Public Administrations and R&D Institutions on Cloud Computing adoption. This research also considers Killer Applications and Success Cases as other environmental factors. Design/Methodology/Approach: Factorial analyses and structural equation models were used on a sample of High-Technology firms located in technological parks in Southern Europe, with more than 10 employees and sustained investments in R&D. Findings: Results show that Technology Providers and Success Cases are determinant in Cloud Computing adoption. Moreover, Killer Applications are a forerunner for Success Cases. Originality/value: This study contributes to Cloud Computing adoption literature because it includes Technology Providers, Public Administrations and R&D Institutions simultaneously as well as other variables as Killer Applications and Success Cases. The importance of the external agents on IT adoption, especially when the technologies to be adopted are new and in an emergent stage, together with the lack of prior investigations focusing on specific environmental factors affecting the adoption of these new, emerging IT, justify the value of this research.

Evaluating the factors that influence cloud technology adoption—comparative case analysis of health and non-health sectors: A systematic review

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“…Organizations can accomplish successful cloud adoption by identifying positive examples and benchmarking. 26 Since one of the essential steps in migrating to the cloud is the choice of a provider, the best providers for health organizations are those who work in the health system themselves, as they are aware of the legal frameworks of such organizations, including HIPAA, and can better follow the rules. 92 The knowledge level of decision-makers and staff has been a major factor affecting cloud adoption in studies of non-health sectors.…”

“…13,14 Studies are available that have investigated the factors influencing the successful adoption of cloud technology in the health sector 12,[15][16][17] as well as in other sectors. [18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27] Figure 1 shows that while there has been a significant increase in published articles on cloud technology adoption in the non-health sector, overall, there is a dearth of articles on the health sector.…”

Using Cloud Computing in Financial Institutions in Russia

“…• hybrid cloud-an infrastructure using the best quality of public and private clouds, in dealing with the task. Most often, this approach is used in companies having their own private cloud infrastructure, but in the case of a growth in their workload, a part of problems spreads to the public cloud, for example, large amounts of information [13,17,18].…”