Evaluation and Effect of Cloud Computing on E-Commerce
Manish Prajapati*, Kundan Kumar Singh*, Dr. Subodhini Gupta
*Research Scholer, MCA, Sam Global University Bhopal, M.P., India
*Research Scholer, MCA, Sam Global University Bhopal, M.P., India
Professor, Department of MCA, Sam Global University Bhopal, M.P., India
Abstract: Over the past few years, cloud computing has created a lot of hype in the IT industry. It has enhanced resource efficiency and used creative cost-cutting strategies. Though there is a long list of clients and service providers who have developed different service architectures globally using cloud infrastructure. Many companies are still apprehensive to employ cloud computing services, though. The e-commerce sector is a key driver of economic development in India. These industries' needs for information technology (IT) have increased throughout time, leading to a rise in the need for corporate IT solutions that are more effective, highly available, and scalable. These kinds of solutions, which cloud computing offers to the e-commerce sector, could be quite helpful. In India's e-commerce sector, cloud computing is still in its infancy as a relatively new technology. Consequently, most of them are reluctant to adopt. This study examines the challenges and problems associated with adopting cloud computing services, as well as the potential benefits of cloud computing for the e-commerce sector. The adoption of cloud computing has been studied using the Technology-Organization Environment (TOE) paradigm, primarily from the perspective of innovative technology. Methods such as surveys and interviews were employed to collect data for analysis. In order to get insight into the various IT services or IT applications used by the e-commerce business, five IT service/cloud service providers were interviewed, and information was gathered from 111 SMEs in the auto component manufacturing sector. The research hypotheses were tested by the analysis. The study's conclusions indicate that in order for SMEs to benefit from cloud computing technologies, general awareness needs to be improved.
Key Terms: Cloud Computing, E-Commerce, SMEs.
