TY - GEN
T1 - Factors affecting cloud adoption and their interrelations
AU - Garg, Radhika
AU - Stiller, Burkhard
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - Cloud Computing has emerged as a paradigm that relies on sharing resources over the network and, therefore, potentially has cost advantages in terms of lower variable and capital cost. However, the adoption of cloud-based technology for a given IT (Information Technology) setting is a complex decision as it is influenced by multiple interdependent factors. To successfully adopt cloud-based services and evaluate their consequential impact, relevant factors, which denote the performance of such services, have to be identified. This paper, therefore, analyzes and identifies relevant technical, economical, and organizational factors. This is performed as exploratory research consisting of performing (a) a literature review and (b) multiple case-studies with 17 organizations, who have adopted or plan to adopt cloud-based services. Also, as these factors are not mutually exclusive, this paper discusses interrelations of these factors and its complexity.
AB - Cloud Computing has emerged as a paradigm that relies on sharing resources over the network and, therefore, potentially has cost advantages in terms of lower variable and capital cost. However, the adoption of cloud-based technology for a given IT (Information Technology) setting is a complex decision as it is influenced by multiple interdependent factors. To successfully adopt cloud-based services and evaluate their consequential impact, relevant factors, which denote the performance of such services, have to be identified. This paper, therefore, analyzes and identifies relevant technical, economical, and organizational factors. This is performed as exploratory research consisting of performing (a) a literature review and (b) multiple case-studies with 17 organizations, who have adopted or plan to adopt cloud-based services. Also, as these factors are not mutually exclusive, this paper discusses interrelations of these factors and its complexity.
KW - Cloud Adoption
KW - Cloud Computing
KW - Cloud-based Services
KW - Economical Factors
KW - Organizational Factors
KW - Technical Factors
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U2 - 10.5220/0005412300870094
DO - 10.5220/0005412300870094
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84969792689
T3 - CLOSER 2015 - 5th International Conference on Cloud Computing and Services Science, Proceedings
SP - 87
EP - 94
BT - CLOSER 2015 - 5th International Conference on Cloud Computing and Services Science, Proceedings
A2 - Helfert, Markus
A2 - Ferguson, Donald
A2 - Mendez Munoz, Victor
PB - SciTePress
T2 - 5th International Conference on Cloud Computing and Services Science, CLOSER 2015
Y2 - 20 May 2015 through 22 May 2015
ER -