چکیده:
Cloud computing is an emerging concept of information technology that in many countries has an influence on many companies. The research was conducted to evaluate cloud computing adoption in Saudi Arabia; Benefits and hindrances for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The qualitative research approach is performed by interviews with the management of a variety of SMEs active in the information and communication technology (ICT) industry. This paper illustrates a significant positive correlation between the use of cloud computing and organizational quality performances. The paper concluded that the knowledge level of SMEs on the accessibility of cloud services is below average scale. The greatest challenges about the cloud service are privacy and security in the cloud among providers and users for the Saudi Arabian firms.
خلاصه ماشینی:
The research was conducted to evaluate cloud computing adoption in Saudi Arabia; Benefits and hindrances for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
Cloud computing, Benefit, Hindrance, Adoption of technology, SMEs, Saudi Arabia DOI: 10.
75795 © University of Tehran, Faculty of Management Introduction Nowadays, there is growing adoption of cloud computing among small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Saudi Arabia which is changing the way their business information systems are developed and maintained.
This research is a brief study to investigate the top benefits and hindrances of cloud computing adoption in Saudi Arabia is only for SMEs in particular.
Some of these studies investigated: the factors which influence cloud adoption in Saudi Arabia in general (Alhammadi, Clare, & Alan, 2015) and (Al-Ruithe, Benkhelifa, & Hameed, 2018), examine the cloud computing concerns in the public sectors organisations of Saudi Arabia (Alharbi, Atkins, & Stanier, 2016), factors that will influence the adoption of cloud computing in Saudi healthcare organisations(Noor, 2016), factors that affect the cloud adoption by higher education institutions(Tashkandi & Al-Jabri 2015) and (Alkhater, Wills, & Walters, 2014), the factors that may influence private sector decision regarding adopting cloud computing(Singleton, & Straits, 2009), etc.
Similar findings are also presented in a study (Mikkonen, Khan, 2016) Cloud computing allows their service providers to work from the device so, Saudi Arabian's SMEs can get effective support.
Internet penetration in Saudi Arabia is low, making the adoption of cloud computing services for SMEs a challenge.