Factors Influencing the Implementation of a Private Government Cloud in Saudi Arabia

Amal Alkhlewi, Robert Walters, Gary Wills

2015

Abstract

The government of Saudi Arabia is in the process of moving to e-government. This transition is hindered by the weakness of ICT infrastructure within Saudi government agencies. The development of a private government cloud is a solution for rapidly improving this infrastructure. An exploratory study is conducted to identify the factors that affect the implementation of such a private government cloud. An expert review has confirmed the ten factors suggested from an initial literature review and identified five additional factors.

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Alkhlewi A., Walters R. and Wills G. (2015). Factors Influencing the Implementation of a Private Government Cloud in Saudi Arabia . In Proceedings of the 2nd International Workshop on Emerging Software as a Service and Analytics - Volume 1: ESaaSA, (CLOSER 2015) ISBN 978-989-758-110-6, pages 69-72. DOI: 10.5220/0005528000690072


in Bibtex Style

@conference{esaasa15,
author={Amal Alkhlewi and Robert Walters and Gary Wills},
title={Factors Influencing the Implementation of a Private Government Cloud in Saudi Arabia},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 2nd International Workshop on Emerging Software as a Service and Analytics - Volume 1: ESaaSA, (CLOSER 2015)},
year={2015},
pages={69-72},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0005528000690072},
isbn={978-989-758-110-6},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 2nd International Workshop on Emerging Software as a Service and Analytics - Volume 1: ESaaSA, (CLOSER 2015)
TI - Factors Influencing the Implementation of a Private Government Cloud in Saudi Arabia
SN - 978-989-758-110-6
AU - Alkhlewi A.
AU - Walters R.
AU - Wills G.
PY - 2015
SP - 69
EP - 72
DO - 10.5220/0005528000690072