Abstract
Background/Objectives: Due to enormous increase in the volume of the information within and outside of the organizations, traditional business and information models are unable to cater to the needs of the modern business needs. Methods/Findings: In this context, Cloud Computing (CC) is gaining rapid popularity amongst businesses due to its ability to handle technical and organisational facets. Cloud Computing has evolved as a reliable technology, offering enhanced Decision Support Systems (DSS) at a low cost for the organizations. CC has displayed its capability of handling large volumes of data and providing seamless services to the companies. This research explored the impact of CC on DSS and Knowledge Management (KM) on Saudi organizations. The major achievement of this research was to fill the gap in knowledge by researching the impact of integration of CC, DSS and KM for Saudi organizations. The key finding of this research is that there is a significant positive impact of CC on DSS and KM in Saudi organizations. Based on this extensive research, we strongly believe that by taking recommended precautionary measures, security concerns about CC could be overcome resulting in benefits outweighing the risks for Saudi organizations. Application: Based on the literature and qualitative research, we recommend that Saudi organizations should consider migrating from traditional business models to Cloud Computing to stay competitive in this globalised world. Keywords: Cloud Computing, Decision Support Systems, Knowledge Management
Highlights
Cloud Computing (CC) technology has gained enormous popularity in the modern business world
It has been established that CC has significant impact on Decision Support Systems (DSS) and Knowledge Management (KM)
The relationship between CC, DSS and KM highlighted the challenges faced by DSS and KM
Summary
Cloud Computing (CC) technology has gained enormous popularity in the modern business world. In4 reported that many organizations are slow in adopting new technologies for various reasons such as sceptical cost-benefit ratio, staff training, reluctance to change and many more This view was substantiated by a detailed research conducted by[5] on Saudi organizations. This research critically evaluates the impact of CC on DSS, KM and strategic objectives of Saudi organizations along with cost-benefit analysis. CC defined as a sophisticated strategic platform offering highly reliable data centre architecture that combines several technologies and business models like virtualisation, distributed computing and pay-per-use models[4]. It is growing at an exponential rate and it has been reported that CC is will hit $240 billion by 20209. It becomes necessary to understand the relationship between each of them to evaluate the impact of CC on organizations
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