A Study on Challenges of Cloud Computing in Enterprise Perspective

Abstract: It will analyze from a company’s point of view the factors that need to be considered by an enterprise when making the decision of using Cloud Computing. Cloud Computing is the latest trend in IT. So the companies are moving towards Cloud Computing. On the other hand, other companies cannot take into consideration the idea of having their sensitive data outside their premises. These two cases represent companies that are just not very well informed. To analyze the positive and negative aspects of each of the following factors: integration with existing IT infrastructure and existing software, costs, return on investment, performances, security. Also, we will correlate all these factors with the company size and business area in order to identify if or what type of Cloud Computing solution is suitable for company’s needs.

Keywords: Cloud Computing, IT (Information Technology), Enterprise, Security, Performance.