Factor influencing adaption of cloud computing in SMEs business in Melaka

Yaman, Muhammad Amirul Aliff (2019) Factor influencing adaption of cloud computing in SMEs business in Melaka. Project Report. Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Melaka, Malaysia. (Submitted)

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Abstract

Cloud computing is a set of services that provide infrastructure resources using internet and data storage on a third party server. SMEs are said to be lifeblood of economy in many country in the world. There are known to be the silent drivers of a nation’s economy. Cloud computing is new for SMEs in Malaysia especially in Melaka. In Europe country, this cloud computing had been implement by their SMEs almost more than decade. Most of the Melaka SMEs have adopted the traditional system and have incurred a heavy cost while implementing these system before. In order to encouraging SMEs adopt this cloud computing, there are several concerns and issues that had been faced. This paper will present study to explore the factor influencing adaptability of cloud computing in SMEs business. A study was conducted to top management and IT department from SMEs in Melaka. This study used a questionnaire that was adapted from the literature to examine barrier factor (relative advantages, complexity, top management support, innovativeness and external pressure) towards adaptability of cloud computing in SMEs business using data from survey to employees in SMEs in Melaka (N=130). The analysis of the data Using reliability test, correlation coefficient and multiple regression revealed the factor has a significant influence on SMEs. All requirements, and concerns surrounding the adoption of cloud computing will be discussed deeply in this study. Finally, the paper conclude with some recommendation for further research areas in the field of cloud computing in SMEs.

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