Flexibility, scalability and mobility | ・ Increase business growth without changing existing IT systems ・ Elasticity of the cloud allows to implement solutions swiftly and increase computer capacity | ・ Easy access to various applications via any web browser on any smart device or PC ・ Anytime anywhere access ・ Easy access to files on any computer or device ・ Requires no portable external storage device, such as a pen drive |
Security | ・ Loss of control over data ・ Generates new vulnerabilities and threats ・ Risk of attackers accessing private data and applications on the cloud; this presents a host of privacy concerns where sensitive information or data can be disclosed to a third party ・ Lack of trust | ・ Privacy and encryption techniques presents a host of security concerns, such as data disclosure and hacking ・ No control over data ・ Security derives from the SLA: The Service level agreements must be stricter to improve the integrity and privacy of data, and to clamp down on potential risks the cloud could be exposed to |
Cultural resistance | ・ Organisational inertia: migrating from the traditional system to a new cloud system can change roles and responsibilities | ・ Did not entirely indicate cultural resistance, but rather a rejection of some cloud services that were deemed inappropriate ・ Gmail system was a redundant and pointless system, since personal emails were a better alternative |