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Cloud Computing in Business : Assignment

   

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DISSERTATIONON“WHYBUSINESSSHOULDADOPTCLOUDCOMPUTING”1

TABLE OF CONTENTSCHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION..........................................................................................................41.0 Title............................................................................................................................................51.1 Background of the study............................................................................................................51.2 Rationale of the study................................................................................................................51.2.1 What is the research issue?.......................................................................................51.2.2 Why it is an issue?....................................................................................................61.2.3 Why it is an issue now?............................................................................................61.2.4 What could this research shed light on?...................................................................61.3 Research aim and objectives......................................................................................................61.3.1 Aim:..........................................................................................................................61.3.2 Objectives:................................................................................................................61.3.3 Research questions....................................................................................................71.4 Framework and analysis............................................................................................................71.5 Gantt chart..................................................................................................................................8CHAPTER 2 LITERATURE REVIEW.............................................................................................102.1 Concept of Cloud Computing..................................................................................................102.2 Importance of Small and Medium Enterprises........................................................................122.3 Cloud Computing and SMEs...................................................................................................132.4 Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS).............................................................................................142.5 Merits of Cloud Computing.....................................................................................................152.6 Demerits of Cloud Computing.................................................................................................16CHAPTER 3 RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODOLOGY........................................................173.1 Research Philosophy................................................................................................................173.2 Data Collection Method...........................................................................................................182

3.3 Sampling Method.....................................................................................................................183.4 Accessibility Issues..................................................................................................................193.5 Ethical Issues...........................................................................................................................193.6 Data Analysis...........................................................................................................................193.7 Research Design......................................................................................................................193.8 Research Limitations...............................................................................................................20CHAPTER 4 FINDINGS/ANALYSIS...............................................................................................214.1 Thematic analysis.....................................................................................................................21CHAPTER 5: CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS........................................................255.1 Conclusion...............................................................................................................................255.2 Recommendations....................................................................................................................25REFLECTIVE STATEMENT............................................................................................................27REFERENCES...................................................................................................................................283

CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION Due to technological innovation and development, level of competition is increasing in thebusiness sector and this innovation depletes the value of existing skills and competencies. Small andmedium enterprises have limited availability of resources. Hence, they are unable to compete at themarket place (Fernando, Loke and Rahayu, 2013). This is the basic reason that small mediumenterprises have less competitive advantage as compared to others. Further, they are also unable toaccess modern technologies and as a result, this affects all IT operations. However, these enterprisesplay a crucial role for the economic development since they generate numerous opportunities foremployment. This thereby declines the need of importing products from different markets. SMEs(Small and medium enterprise) provide many opportunities to people and along with this, they alsoproduce products at a lower cost (Rittinghouse and Ransome, 2016). This can be improved throughimplementing new strategic directions for the business as through this, business entities would beable to use technological resources in an optimum manner. Right use of such sources could alsoassist business entities to attain competitive advantage in the international market place.All organizations working on small scale should response positively to the market conditionsso as to manage supply and demand. Henceforth, considering this scenario, SMEs shouldimplement a new strategy so as to involve technological aspects at a higher extent. Moreover, thiscan also assist in reducing operational cost (Li and Lou, 2013). In the era of globalization, businessentities should use massive computing power and business insights for the purpose of acquiringcompetitive advantage. SMEs usually face many barriers in the global market and to overcome suchissues, advanced IT infrastructure can be developed. In this respect, cloud computing can be utilizedto address all prevailing inefficiencies in small medium enterprises. Cloud computing is a part ofinformation technology which has potential to meet the growing demand. The source is useful indelivering different facilities to organizations like information storage, resource sharing and autoscalability (Xu, 2012). With the help of cloud computing, new business applications and softwarecan be used to enhance the level of competitiveness and through this, business can also adopt newways to manage the business aspects. IT services can be accessed at the time of requirement andwith this, organisational processes can be managed in an adequate way. This is highly effective instrengthening IT resources of organizations while acquiring and installing infrastructure. It includes hardware and software platforms that cloud providers provide to theorganizations. Hence, with the use of cloud computing, companies can switch from computingproduct to adapting service which is usually provided by data centres through internet sources (Dinhand et.al., 2013). There is a difference between both the aspects such as cloud user owns cloudproduct. However, computing services are delivered to cloud users and this can be utilized anytime4

when required. Thus, business operations and functions can be improved through quick deliveryservice and this is also useful for the purpose of transforming existing business structure. As per thestatistics, cloud computing has generated employment opportunities for around 2.4 million peoplein Europe and apart from this, Finland is another cloud computing user among the well establishedenterprises (Zissis and Lekkas, 2012). From historical point of view, concept of cloud computingwas introduced by Licklider. However, it became more advanced over time in IT field. Cloudcomputing is dependent on different variables such as web association, grid computing andvirtualisation. It has all potentials to expand the IT networks and hence, business challenges can bereduced prominently. Cloud computing involves third party; therefore, this increases the risk of datahandling and protection. The concept is integrated with several positive and negative aspects. In thepresent study, detailed explanation is given on all such facets (Xu, 2012). 1.0 Title“Why SME’s should adopt cloud computing for retail?”1.1 Background of the studyCompetition level is augmenting as business market is growing rapidly. Thus, in order tomeet the changed market requirements, organizations should upgrade their abilities and innovationfor the purpose of delivering advanced products and services. However, it is also identified thatSMEs have less competitive advantages due to limited resources and confined access to modern ITservices. Hence, the adoption of cloud computing can assist businesses to get solutions for theseaspects. Along with this, technological challenges prevailing in the global market can be reduced.All previous studies have focused on significance of cloud computing in the area of innovation andbusiness agility. The present study has been conducted for the purpose of analysing reasons forwhich businesses should adopt cloud computing. Thus, according to the research problem,significance of cloud computing are mentioned in the subsequent study. 1.2 Rationale of the study1.2.1 What is the research issue?Present research study discusses the major advantages and disadvantages of cloudcomputing technology. Thus, as per the purpose of study, detailed description has been givenregarding the same subject and its benefits to Finnish SMEs retail. Cost of the operations can bereduced through informing the organizations about investment required in the concept of proposedaspect. Study has been discussing the benefits of cloud computing; hence, description has been5

given so that businesses can adopt the processes. Main aim of the research is to determine thesignificance of cloud computing for small medium enterprises.1.2.2 Why it is an issue?It is an issue now because organizations are experiencing different issues and challenges incloud computing processes. The current study has been discussing several methods through whichissues in this technique can be reduced. Hence, it can be said that in order to reduce all the issues,present study has been made. 1.2.3 Why it is an issue now?The research work is emphasizing on small medium enterprises so that they can comprehendthe need of cloud computing in managing business activities. The study is useful for those readerswho wish to get some knowledge regarding this subject matter. It is an issue now because recently,numerous business entities have changed the way of managing cloud services and they are facingmany issues in managing things. 1.2.4 What could this research shed light on?Present research is emphasizing on the use of cloud computing for small-mediumenterprises. Along with this, it is also focusing on the ways through which issues in cloudcomputing can be reduced. 1.3 Research aim and objectives1.3.1 Aim:Aim: Main aim of present research study is to evaluate the significance of cloud computing forsmall medium enterprises. 1.3.2 Objectives:To develop a feasible study for SMEs. To ascertain the way in which SMEs can get advantages from the concept of cloudcomputing. To identify the significance of cloud computing in data storage. To depict the disadvantages associated with cloud computing. 6

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