Abstract:
The paper presents the factors influencing the adoption of cloud
computing in SMEs. ICT provides potential to SMEs because it seeks an
innovative way to explore their business globally. To contact this research,
eastern region’s 50 SMEs were selected and categorized into Small, Medium
and large according to their capital intensity, turn over and number of
employees. All together 13 small enterprises, 17 medium enterprises and 20
large organizations were examined to arrive the conclusions. Four variables
were selected from the Technology–Organization–Environment (TOE)
Framework such as firm size, top management support, security concern and
technology readiness. Data were collected through the questionnaire and
direct discussion. The finding shows that there is a positive relationship among
the variables and willingness to adopt the cloud computing in SMEs. The
significant impact was identified to adopt the cloud computing is top
management support and technology
