Abstract
The adoption of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) innovation offer the potential for organizations to enable effectiveness, increase efficiency, and achieve competitive advantage. One such ICT innovation is cloud computing and through its adoption, many benefits may be realized. However, although cloud computing awareness has increased in South Africa, cloud adoption in emerging economies is not prevalent. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to provide insight into the real world experiences and perceptions of the Information Technology (IT) professionals involved in the cloud adoption successes and failures in South African organizations. By analyzing the experiences of IT professionals, combined with the literature of cloud adoption, we present a set of critical success factors for cloud computing adoption in South Africa. The purpose of such critical success factors is to better equip organizations to address cloud computing adoption holistically and comprehensively.
Recommended Citation
Adendorff, Rhyno and Smuts, Hanlie, "Critical Success Factors for Cloud Computing Adoption in South Africa" (2019). AMCIS 2019 Proceedings. 7.
https://aisel.aisnet.org/amcis2019/global_dev/global_dev/7
Critical Success Factors for Cloud Computing Adoption in South Africa
The adoption of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) innovation offer the potential for organizations to enable effectiveness, increase efficiency, and achieve competitive advantage. One such ICT innovation is cloud computing and through its adoption, many benefits may be realized. However, although cloud computing awareness has increased in South Africa, cloud adoption in emerging economies is not prevalent. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to provide insight into the real world experiences and perceptions of the Information Technology (IT) professionals involved in the cloud adoption successes and failures in South African organizations. By analyzing the experiences of IT professionals, combined with the literature of cloud adoption, we present a set of critical success factors for cloud computing adoption in South Africa. The purpose of such critical success factors is to better equip organizations to address cloud computing adoption holistically and comprehensively.