Examining the effect of TOE model on cloud computing adoption in Egypt
Author(s)
Ayman Mohamed Nabil Anter Kandil , Mohamed A Ragheb , Aiman A Ragab , Mahmoud Farouk
Publication date 2018/7/1
Source The Business & Management Review
Abstract
Cloud computing is becoming increasingly important, with its varying models and types, as it is assumed to be cost saving and a source of minimizing efforts. It has also enabled organizations and governmental authorities to overcome traditional obstacles in providing the technology needed to ensure interoperability, standardization and availability of information between those trade stakeholders. There are several cloud computing benefits that could be defined, like providing customs solutions, expanding opportunities, global trade and economic growth on the strategic, management and operational level. Despite the fact of having several forms of cloud computing with wide range of benefits, there are several barriers for cloud computing which represent challenges for its adoption. Such challenges are like internet service outage, loss of governance as applications and services will be managed on third party environments leaving organizations with limited control over the functionality and execution of the hardware and software. Accordingly, this research considered the TOE model to examine the cloud computing adoption in Egypt, as one of the developing countries facing the problems of telecommunication infrastructure, as well as the security of information over the cloud services in favor of the maturity and performance issues facing the country nowadays. A questionnaire is directed to employees of IT departments in the Egyptian companies to be able to explain the cloud computing adoption in Egypt. The analysis had been conducted using structural equation modeling to respond to the research hypotheses and results show an overall significant effect on cloud computing adoption. The research contribution was found to be clear in the significance of Maturity and Performance Issues, which let IT departments adopt to cloud services due to the obstacles faced by other options of having IT services. Also, internet service providers and telecommunication infrastructure were found to be significantly affecting cloud computing adoption.
