Factors Influencing Organization Adoption Decision On Cloud Computing

The Determinants of Cloud Computing Adoption in Saudi Arabia

“…Thus, security concerns have a negative impact of adopting cloud computing. This is consistent with the findings in the earlier literature on cloud computing adoption although a 2014 study found that security was not a significant factor in cloud computing adoption; that study suggested that this was due to improvements in security compared to the earlier phase of cloud computing [10]. Unexpectedly, in this study, technology readiness and technology barriers were not found statistically significant.…”

“…Unexpectedly, in this study, technology readiness and technology barriers were not found statistically significant. This result are consistent with a 2011 study in a technologically developing country which found that technology readiness were not significant predictor [48] although the 2011 findings were different to those of a study conducted in a technically developed country [10]. One possible explanation for this might be that there is a difference between attitudes of decision makers in technologically developed countries and technologically developing countries.…”

“…Thus, the technology context is a very important determinant to investigate in relation to the adoption of cloud computing. Technology readiness is described as the IT infrastructure available to an enterprise to obtain cloud services and human resources that can manage cloud services [10]. We therefore identify as hypothesis 1:…”

“…Security is seen as one of the highest risk elements in the adoption of cloud computing [18]- [20] although it has also been argued that there is no relationship between security and cloud adoption [10]. This inconsistency is tested by hypothesis 2:.…”

Cloud computing Standardization Initiatives: State of Play

“…Without an appropriate standardized framework, architecture, API's and security policies cloud's wider adoption is challenging. Dealing with these challenges in industry and research has the potential to bring cloud computing to the next level [5] [9]. Many industry experts speak about the importance of standards in cloud computing.…”