Iraqi’s Organizations Awareness to Prompt Open Source Cloud Computing (OSCC) in Their Service: A Study

Abstract

Guided by Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) and the lack of research on Open Source Cloud Computing (OSCC) in the Iraqi’s setting, the current endeavor posits and tests a model. The model encapsulates a number of perception-based, an attitudinal and intentional variable. Though, the aforementioned model is argued to correspond to a number of questions, which in turn, portray a gap in the literature. Particularly, the paper investigates the role of perception of the ease of use, usefulness and risk influences on attitude toward and the intention to adopt OSCC in the Iraqi’s settings. In addition, it conceptualized and tested the mediating role of user’s attitude. To that effect, a questionnaire was designed and deployed to examine the factors influencing intention to use the new technology of open source cloud computing. The obtained data were subjected to a number of statistical analyses. Particularly, the goodness of measure was assessed through conducting internal consistency test and factor analysis. The former test uncovered that the utilized constructs are reliable. The later analysis suggested the presence of only three variables. Moreover, the interrelationships between the resulted constructs of the framework were tested using multiple and heretical regression. Findings of these analyses suggest that consumers’ perception of OSCC has a weak effect on their intention to use it. Consumers’ attitudes were found to maintain more potent impact on their intention to utilize the new technology. Moreover, consumers’ attitude was unveiled to mediate the relationship between perception of OSCC and the intention to use OSCC. The study was concluded with a brief summary, its implications, and suggestion for future researcher.