Factors affecting the adoption of cloud computing in a South African Hospital

Cloud computing is one of the most high-profile trends in Information Systems today. Although capable of delivering significant benefits to organizations such as scalable computing and storage, data sharing, on-demand anytime and anywhere access, there are also risks and barriers to the adoption of cloud computing. The purpose of this study was to identify the factors that influence the adoption of cloud computing at the Mankweng hospital in South Africa. The study was conducted through a quantitative method, where a questionnaire was used as the data collection tool. The data collected from the participants was analysed using Microsoft excel. The findings indicated that the factors that impacted the adoption of cloud computing in the hospital were the availability of cloud computing services, the unreliability of in-sourced IT services, the need to have data backup, the benefits of adoption of cloud computing outweighs the cost and the adoption of cloud computing eliminates or decreases the cost of system upgrades and maintenance. The exploratory nature of this study helped reveal these factors.