Decisive factors affecting a government organization’s cloud computing adoption: a case study of Sakha Republic government

Abstract

The main goal of this research is to identify what are the main decisive factors the government organizations have behind the adoption of cloud computing technologies. In order to accomplish the goal the case study method was chosen as a main research method. The case organization is the government organization – Regional center of Sakha Republic e-government IT-infrastructure which is considering the transition from traditional government IT-infrastructure to cloud technologies and currently implementing project of virtualization, enabling technology for cloud. To reveal decisive factors series of interviews were held with case study participants, the main risks and benefits associated with project were discussed and using modified DEMATEL approach were divided into cause and effect factors to help decision-makers to identify the foremost benefits and concerns to plan their further actions.