Barriers to Government Cloud Adoption
Samuel Tweneboah-Koduah1
,Dr. Barbara Endicott-Popovsky2
and Anthony
Tsetse3
1
iSchool, University of Washington, 4311 11th Ave. NE, Seattle, Washington 98105
2
iSchool, University of Washington, 4311 11th Ave. NE, Seattle, Washington 98105
3
State University of New York, Fredonia, USA, 280 Central Ave, Fredonia, NY 14063
ABSTRACT
Besides the benefits are there possible challenges government agencies are likely to encounter should they
decide to adopt cloud computing? What strategies should be deployed to overcome the inhibitors of cloud
computing? These are but few questions this paper aims to investigate. Studies have shown that, cloud
computing has become a strategic direction for many government agencies and is already being deployed
in many critical areas of the government's cyber infrastructure. The benefits and the challenges of cloud
adoption have heightened interest of academic research in recent times. We are however uncertain, per
literature 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 the
technology in order to prevent unwanted technical consequences, and even greater problems from
government information management. This study is based on unstructured interviews from selected
government agencies in Ghana. The study is grounded on the theory of technology, organization and
environment (TOE) framework. Major inhibiting factors identified include lack of basic infrastructure for
cloud take-off, data security, unreliable internet connectivity, and general lack of institutional readiness.
KEYWORDS
Cloud-computing, adoption, challenges, deployment-models, virtualization
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