A Survey of Cloud Computing Awareness, Security Implication and Adoption in Nigeria IT Based Enterprises

Abstract

The advancement in information technology (IT) infrastructures and the overwhelming pervasive Internet accessibility has tremendously change the way computing is done in IT based enterprises. The recent hype of Cloud Computing that utilizes the existing Internet infrastructure to provide pay-as-you-go services to diverse community of businesses has emerged to alleviate and reduce the cost of computing tremendously. This paper examines the awareness of the Nigerian business enterprises and their readiness in adopting cloud computing. It was found that the trend of awareness and adoption were very minimal with many being skeptical although few businesses were aware of the cloud technology. The survey also revealed that the stakeholders were precarious of the security-level of the cloud-based computing