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IaaS Adoption Determinants in Enterprises

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Economics of Grids, Clouds, Systems, and Services (GECON 2010)

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Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) gains increasing importance as a new, flexible provisioning model for IT resources. However, its uptake in the enterprise environment is not without its challenges; among the most important ones are organizational issues. This paper presents an IaaS acceptance model based on multiple theoretical dimensions , which focuses on organizational drivers and barriers to IaaS deployment. It was challenged in a series of expert interviews and the resulting hypotheses give new insights into IaaS adoption drivers and represent a solid foundation for future empirical studies.

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  1. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76131, Karlsruhe, Germany

    Christoph Heinle

  2. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute of Information Systems and Management (IISM), 76131, Karlsruhe, Germany

    Jörg Strebel

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Heinle, C., Strebel, J. (2010). IaaS Adoption Determinants in Enterprises. In: Altmann, J., Rana, O.F. (eds) Economics of Grids, Clouds, Systems, and Services. GECON 2010. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 6296. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-15681-6_7

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