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Determinants of cloud computing adoption by SMEs

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  • R. Vidhyalakshmi
  • Vikas Kumar

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Small and medium enterprises (SMEs), use information and communication technology (ICT) as a tool for business development cloud computing, one of the major advancement of ICT is alleged to provide a host of benefits, competitive edge and assist to gain a commendable position to enterprises in the market. However, the SMEs do not realise the benefits of cloud due to the lack of know-how and the limitations of the new technologies. This also slows down cloud adoption for their business to a greater extent. They need to view beyond the hype of cloud computing and delve into the real values it adds to the business. Scalability, flexibility and dynamic provisioning are the attractive features of the cloud but security; reliability and entrusting public cloud are the darker side of it. The lack of presence of a standard set of metrics makes this task even more complex. This paper lists out the different factors to consider for cloud adoption. This will help the SMEs to evaluate cloud suitability for their business. The financial metrics such as return of investment (ROI) and total cost ownership (TCO) calculations are provided to understand financial metrics before cloud adoption.

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  • R. Vidhyalakshmi & Vikas Kumar, 2016. "Determinants of cloud computing adoption by SMEs," International Journal of Business Information Systems, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 22(3), pages 375-395.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijbisy:v:22:y:2016:i:3:p:375-395
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    1. Roffia, Paolo & Mola, Lapo, 2022. "Is COVID-19 enough? Which underestimated conditions characterise the adoption of complex information infrastructures in small and medium-sized enterprises," Journal of Business Research, Elsevier, vol. 144(C), pages 1249-1255.
    2. Devesh Kumar & Harsh Vardhan Samalia & Piyush Verma, 2018. "Assessing the Relevance of Cloud Computing for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises in the Northern Region of India (Ocena przydatnosci chmury obliczeniowej dla mikro, malych i srednich przedsiebiorstw," Research Reports, University of Warsaw, Faculty of Management, vol. 1(26), pages 127-136.
    3. Jayalaxmi P Shetty & Rajesh Panda, 2021. "An overview of cloud computing in SMEs," Journal of Global Entrepreneurship Research, Springer;UNESCO Chair in Entrepreneurship, vol. 11(1), pages 175-188, December.
    4. Olakunle Jayeola & Shafie Sidek & Shouvik Sanyal & Md. Meraj Hasan & Amarendra Pratap Singh & Syed Inamul Hasan, 2022. "The Nexus between Top Management Support on Change Management, Cloud ERP Implementation, and Performance of SMEs," Academic Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies, Richtmann Publishing Ltd, vol. 11, May.

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