I am looking at the impediments of cloud computing service adoption in the developing world.
Following link might be helpful to you.
http://www.techstreet.com/ieee/products/1891495
http://ro.ecu.edu.au/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1126&context=ism
I think the main barriers are :
Infrastructure and education.
These are two huge words but basically covers it.
Hi Tamuno Tobi, just to add to list provided by Jiwan Ninglekhu, the following barriers should be considered:
1. Insufficient Bandwidth Penetration - a successful cloud implementation requires careful attention to bandwidth needs.
2. Deficient Power Supply ( Underpowered) - the quality (consistent availability) and cost of electricity is also a big factor in many developing economies (e.g Africa) since they influence datacentre offerings (i.e. the cost of running generators during power outages).
3. Lack of Internet Coverage - cloud computing’s lifeline is connectivity-meaning all services, benefits, and opportunities that it is envisaged to deliver only exist when we are connected to the network i.e. no network = no services.
4. Lack of Access Device - for businesses (especially SMEs) to maximise cloud computing benefits, services should not be limited to those only available through mobile devices but extend to computers. This is true for services offered by IaaS delivery model, where appropriate devices might be PCs not only mobile devices like Tablet PCs, PDAs, or mobile phones. Hence the need to provide these services, as well as the connectivity capacity, is a daunting challenge for developing economies.
5. Inadequate Infrastructure - is one of the key impediments to faster economic growth. Most rural communities in developing economies lack basic infrastructure such as good access roads, telecommunications, electricity and water. Considering the fact that, these infrastructures are the backbone of any development initiatives. This is clearly not helping in the fight to bridge the digital divide. Moreover, the absence of such infrastructures leads to the unavailability of Internet infrastructure and escalating costs of such services and the costs of devices to access the Internet.
Bringing all these factors together, from a business persepctive, the concept of cloud computing adoption may be challenging but not impossible to implement in developing economies.
it may be that the non familiarization of purchase by electronic system (no credit cards) present a major barrier for the cloud computing in developing countries
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