Cloud Computing Applications in Saudi Arabia with its Main Challenges

Cloud computing is a general term used to denote a new type of computer services that are essentially networked and the Internet is a place to create a user-friendly environment that includes applications that are stored on the cloud and required by the client as needed to run through the browser. On-demand network, which can provide a number of integrated computer services without local resources to facilitate the user. These resources include a space to take data backup, including processing programs and scheduling tasks, e-mail and medicine remote user can control when it is connected to the network in these resources through a simple software interface.

Applications and services of cloud computing help to benefit from modern and future science and processing large data and the use of specialized networks and databases, and develop mechanisms and ways of trading and sharing this information. The main objective of this article is to shed the light on the factors that influence the decisions to use and implement applications and services based on the cloud. Using the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM), so to achieve this target, a questionnaire was designed and distributed to a group of practitioners involved in the implementation of cloud based solutions in their organizations. Data analysis was performed using structural equation modeling software. The major outcomes of this article indicate the role of image and  personal innovativeness on behavioral intention towards the adoption of cloud-based applications and services.