Examining the Influence of Decisive Factors on Organizations: Migration to On-Premise Software Product from Cloud Computing

Abstract

Software products are available in two delivery models namely On-Premise and Cloud Computing. Software products which are installed on a computer hardware and available in the premises of the customers are known as On-Premise software. Software products which are installed in the datacenter of vendor and available to the customer over internet is known as Cloud computing model of software product. Organizations migrated or adopted cloud computing model of software product due various factors and benefits are now facing lots of challenges in their day-to-day operations. There are theories and frameworks like Technological-Organization-Environment framework which helps in determining the factors influencing customer’s decision to adopt innovations by the organizations. In this paper, eight critical factors have been identified which are responsible for the organizations to migrate back to On-premise model of software product from cloud computing model of software product.

Interviews and Group discussions has been conducted in identifying and evaluating the factors which influences customer’s decision to migrate back to On-Premise model of software product from Cloud Computing model of software product.