An exploratory analysis of the influence of information security on the adoption of cloud computing

Cloud computing is the current IT buzzword synonymous with outsourced data center management and agile solution architecture. It has the potential to improve scalability of large enterprise network delivery of services and the capability to revolutionize how data is delivered as a service. At its core, cloud computing is not a new technology but rather a new approach of distributed shared pooling of IT infrastructure linked together to offer centralized IT services on demand. The study results determined that management's perception of security, cost-effectiveness and IT compliance factors significantly influence their decisions to adopt cloud computing. The results of multiple linear regression analysis testing in this study showed that management's perception of cost-effectiveness is more significantly correlated to their decision to adopt cloud computing than security.