Preliminary insight into cloud computing adoption in a developing country

Abstract

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“…However, both government organizations [37] and private [10] confirmed impact organization size on CCA. Out of tune, [31,32] found organization size insignificant. Obviously, there is a conflict regarding the relationship between the organization's size and the likelihood to adopt CC, and further in-depth studies are needed to address this conflict [56].…”

“…Technological development rate surpasses legislative responses therefore it is not significant in developing countries [31]. The regulations of CC in the developed world, often conflict with each other, while in developing countries they are not adequate [56].…”

“…Serval studies constructed their frameworks based on TOE mainly [31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38]. Some other studies defined the model based on combination of TOE and Diffusion of Innovation Theory (DOI) such as [10,39].…”

“…Lack of sufficient technological infrastructure and employees' knowledge about integration technologies have restricted the decision of adoption among local government agencies in U.K [53]. At other side, the sufficient and reliable resources to support the use of CC as well as appropriate learning routines and performance measures is argued to enable the adoption of CC [10,31,32,59]. Therefore, organization capability behooves to be considered in this study.…”

“…In this case, the strong service agreements become a necessary matter. Regarding to cloud-computing as a transboundary technology, the legal support is deemed important to protect organizations that adopt CC as laws vary from country to another [31]. Organizations need to verify that the cloud provider respects the regulatory and compliance requirements especially in critical domains such as government, finance, and healthcare [59].…”