TY - JOUR
T1 - Migrating to the cloud
T2 - lessons and limitations of 'traditional' IS success models
AU - Azeemi, Imran Khan
AU - Lewis, Mike
AU - Tryfonas, Theo
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - This paper uses the 'traditional' Information Systems (IS) success model literature (e.g. Grover, DeLone and McLean, Seddon, Alter etc.) as the starting point for developing a new model intended to support better outcomes when migrating/porting an IS functionality to a cloud. In simple terms 'cloud' refers to an IS functionality accessed (rented) by users through a thin client (web browser, mobile applications, etc.) while the software, hardware and data are stored on remote servers. Its popularity as an approach reflects claims that such 'shared resources' model (akin to a utility like the electricity grid) will allow organisation to access more advanced and flexible IS services at a lower aggregate cost. This paper argues that cloud migration requires organisations to consider a range of additional success factors, including how to accommodate new delivery modes (e.g. different pricing models) and manage new risks (e.g. data out side organisational firewalls, etc). Despite burgeoning interest in the topic, specific empirical research and, more importantly, specific practitioner guidance remains limited. This paper therefore concludes by presenting a preliminary conceptual model (informed by Systems Thinking) along with steps to operationalise it and suggests empirical options to test this model.
AB - This paper uses the 'traditional' Information Systems (IS) success model literature (e.g. Grover, DeLone and McLean, Seddon, Alter etc.) as the starting point for developing a new model intended to support better outcomes when migrating/porting an IS functionality to a cloud. In simple terms 'cloud' refers to an IS functionality accessed (rented) by users through a thin client (web browser, mobile applications, etc.) while the software, hardware and data are stored on remote servers. Its popularity as an approach reflects claims that such 'shared resources' model (akin to a utility like the electricity grid) will allow organisation to access more advanced and flexible IS services at a lower aggregate cost. This paper argues that cloud migration requires organisations to consider a range of additional success factors, including how to accommodate new delivery modes (e.g. different pricing models) and manage new risks (e.g. data out side organisational firewalls, etc). Despite burgeoning interest in the topic, specific empirical research and, more importantly, specific practitioner guidance remains limited. This paper therefore concludes by presenting a preliminary conceptual model (informed by Systems Thinking) along with steps to operationalise it and suggests empirical options to test this model.
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UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.procs.2013.01.077
U2 - 10.1016/j.procs.2013.01.077
DO - 10.1016/j.procs.2013.01.077
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84898716852
SN - 1877-0509
VL - 16
SP - 737
EP - 746
JO - Procedia Computer Science
JF - Procedia Computer Science
ER -