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On cloud computing service considerations for the small and medium enterprises

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posted on 2023-05-23, 15:22 authored by Prasad, A, Green, P, Heales, J, Glenn FinauGlenn Finau
The concept of cloud computing services is appealing to the small and medium enterprises (SMEs), with the opportunity to acquire modern information technology resources as a utility and avoid costly capital investments in technology resources. However, the adoption of the cloud computing services presents significant challenges to the SMEs. The SMEs need to determine a path to adopting the cloud computing services that would ensure their sustainable presence in the cloud computing environment. Information about approaches to adopting the cloud computing services by the SMEs is fragmented. Through an interpretive design, we suggest that the SMEs need to have a strategic and incremental intent, understand their organizational structure, understand the external factors, consider the human resource capacity, and understand the value expectations from the cloud computing services to forge a successful path to adopting the cloud computing services. These factors would contribute to a model of cloud services for SMEs.

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Publication title

Proceedings of the 20th Americas Conference on Information Systems

Volume

5

Pagination

4165-4175

ISBN

9781632667533

Department/School

TSBE

Publisher

Association for Information Systems (AIS)

Place of publication

United States

Event title

20th Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS 2014): 'Smart Sustainability: The Information Systems Opportunity'

Event Venue

Savannah, Georgia, USA

Date of Event (Start Date)

2014-08-07

Date of Event (End Date)

2014-08-09

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Repository Status

  • Restricted

Socio-economic Objectives

Communication technologies, systems and services not elsewhere classified

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