Refuse to Walk on Clouds: Why Firms Still do Not Use Cloud Computing -- An Empirical Study of Barriers and Enhancers

Although cloud computing has highly visible ad-vantages that are propagated since many years, the adoption rate in Germany is still quite low. This paper investigates the reasons why. Therefore, we undertook an empirical study to identify the main barriers and enhancers of cloud computing. Results show that, although the classic data risk and costs benefits still dominate the opinion, they do not significantly influence the usage of cloud computing services.

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