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标题：Towards Cloud Computing: A Swot Analysis on its Adoption in Smes
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作者：Kimia Ghaffari ; Mohammad Soltani Delgosha ; Neda Abdolvand 等
期刊名称：International Journal of Information Technology Convergence and Services (IJITCS)
印刷版ISSN：2231-1939
电子版ISSN：2231-153X
出版年度：2014
卷号：4
期号：2
DOI：10.5121/ijitcs.2014.4202
出版社：AIRCC
摘要：Over the past few years, emergence of Cloud Computing has notably made an evolution in the IT industry by putting forward an'everything as a service' idea .Cloud Computing is of growing interest to companies throughout the world, but there are many barriers associated with its adoption which should be eliminated. This paper aims to investigate Cloud Computing and discusses the drivers and inhibitors of its adoption. Moreover, an attempt has been made to identify the key stakeholders of Cloud Computing and outline the current security challenges. A SWOT analysis which consistsof strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats has also carried out in which Cloud Computing adoption for SMEs (Small and Medium-sized Enterprises) is evaluated. Finally, the paper concludes with some further research areas in the field of Cloud Computing
关键词：Cloud ;Computing; Cloud;Computing Adoption; Cloud;Security; SWOT;Analysis;SMEs