期刊名称：International Journal of Managing Information Technology
印刷版ISSN：0975-5926
电子版ISSN：0975-5586
出版年度：2014
卷号：6
期号：3
DOI：10.5121/ijmit.2014.6301
出版社：Academy & Industry Research Collaboration Center (AIRCC)
摘要：Besides the benefits are there possible challenges government agencies are likely to encounter should theydecide to adopt cloud computing? What strategies should be deployed to overcome the inhibitors of cloudcomputing? These are but few questions this paper aims to investigate. Studies have shown that, cloudcomputing has become a strategic direction for many government agencies and is already being deployedin many critical areas of the government's cyber infrastructure. The benefits and the challenges of cloudadoption have heightened interest of academic research in recent times. We are however uncertain, perliterature factors that hinder successful cloud adoption especially in the Ghanaian context. We posit that,understanding the challenges of cloud adoption and overcoming them must accompany the use of thetechnology in order to prevent unwanted technical consequences, and even greater problems fromgovernment information management. This study is based on unstructured interviews from selectedgovernment agencies in Ghana. The study is grounded on the theory of technology, organization andenvironment (TOE) framework. Major inhibiting factors identified include lack of basic infrastructure forcloud take-off, data security, unreliable internet connectivity, and general lack of institutional readiness.
