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Critical Analysis of Cloud Computing

Updated: Aug 18, 2022


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This blog is about providing a critical analysis of a scholarly article speaking on cloud computing. The name of the article is "A head in the clouds" written by Ajit Kambil and published (on 3 July 2009). The paper looks at the emergence of cloud computing and the benefits and consequences it brings to companies. It also looks at the shift from traditional storage infrastructure to using the cloud infrastructure and the new cloud service providers entering the market.


The author asks a series of questions, which then guided the paper toward the intended aim. The article discusses the major benefits of cloud computing and its potential consequences for corporate IT strategy, software innovation, and price. It also looks at how IT will increasingly shift to the cloud and how software innovation will flourish as new suppliers discover fewer hurdles to enter the software market, and pricing will be based on application use.


Based on a few other articles, it appears that the research in this article is accurate and relevant to the time of this article. According to Lal and Bharadwaj (2016), “Analysis of data reveals that cloud-based services provide relative advantage in terms of scalability, accessibility, and on-demand deployment of services within no time. Easy to use interface, experience, and expertise of the cloud service provider as well as support from top management plays important role in the cloud adoption decision.”




Based on the fact that this article was found in the university library (emerald insights), one would assume that it has been vetted and deemed original as it even has its own International Standard Serial Number. ISSN: 0275-6668. However, although this article is well written and presented. There are no references at the end of the article to substantiate the author’s work. Despite this factor, they do not seem to be any ethical challenges with the author’s work.


Since they are no references listed, it is not clear what research methods were used in the writing of this article nor is it clear what analyses were done during the writing of this article. It appears that the author has some knowledge of the topic presented in his article. This also makes it difficult to say if the conclusion was supported by any data.


The paper is well written and presented, and the question-and-answer format gives the paper a decent structure. Keywords such as information strategy and computer software were used. However, no symbols, diagrams or concepts were used in the paper.




Based on research, a few other authors had a different approach to this topic which added much more insight to cloud computing, cloud computing services and cloud computing providers. Walterbusch, Martens and Teuteberg (2013) spoke on the cost of cloud computers services, Xu and Mahenthiran (2021) spoke on cloud computing and cyber security and Lal and Bharadwaj (2016) effectively describes what cloud computing is more a more in-depth view.


Reference

Kambil, A. (2009), "A head in the clouds", Journal of Business Strategy, Vol. 30 No. 4, pp. 58-59. https://doi.org/10.1108/02756660910972677


Lal, P. and Bharadwaj, S.S. (2016), "Understanding the impact of cloud-based services adoption on organizational flexibility: An exploratory study", Journal of Enterprise Information Management, Vol. 29 No. 4, pp. 566-588. https://doi.org/10.1108/JEIM-04-2015-0028


Walterbusch, M., Martens, B. and Teuteberg, F. (2013), "Evaluating cloud computing services from a total cost of ownership perspective", Management Research Review, Vol. 36 No. 6, pp. 613-638. https://doi.org/10.1108/01409171311325769


Xu, H. and Mahenthiran, S. (2021), "Users’ perception of cybersecurity, trust and cloud computing providers’ performance", Information and Computer Security, Vol. 29 No. 5, pp. 816-835. https://doi.org/10.1108/ICS-09-2020-0153

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