Cloud computing has taken over the IT industry. Big enterprises such as Oracle, Microsoft and Amazon have developed world class state of the art products and services for Cloud Computing. These products serve and the needs and power many corporations, business institutions and enterprises across the world. Cloud computing is continuing to growing and attracting more businesses and birthing and transforming industries such as music streaming and online gaming. As we progress and move towards a 5G and become a 4th industrial society more cloud computing products and services will be developed and used. However, there are many issues that arise such as stability, reliability, security and fraud. Addressing these problems introduces complexity towards adopting cloud comput ing for small business enterprises leaving only big enterprises to be able to afford reliable cloud computing products. There are many outstanding works that have been previously published by scholars on cloud computing. This research paper provides a systematic review and a summary of some the outstanding works of scholars recently published and the different criterias used for clouding computing adoption by South African Institutions and Business enterprises.