Cloud Computing Adoption Challenges. Case Study: Jordanian e-Government

      Аннотация: Jordan has invested in cloud computing technology in the e-government to provide the service in the form of (Infrastructure as a service IaaS) since 2014. This study aimed to understand the influence of cloud computing adoption challenges on e-government services in Jordan. The population of the study consists of top, middle and operational level in the e- government departments. A comprehensive survey method was conducted to cover the target population. The author developed a questionnaire to collect the necessary data to conduct the study. The results indicated that the adoption of these challenges influenced the e-government services in Jordan, with the most significant effect was for integration challenge and data migration. The Jordanian Ministry of Information and Communications Technology is the main player and the lead agency in the Jordanian public sector to play this role. The fact is that the present ICT systems and infrastructures work very well on a stand-alone and hermitage basis for the governmental institutions.

Ключевые слова: Cloud Computing, e-government, E-Services, Infrastructure as a Service, Adoption, Integration