Author(s)

Asnath Nyachiro, Kennedy Ondimu, Gabriel Mafura

Department of Information Technology, Institute of Computing and Informatics, Technical University of Mombasa, Mombasa, Kenya.

Currently, Kenyan research institutions Information Technology operations use external storage, within or without institutional network environments. This study presents a structured literature review of a cloud computing adoption strategy for research institutions in Kenya. The reviews objectives are: 1) to establish the characteristics/peculiarities and IT environments of research institutions in Kenya, 2) current cloud computing technologies, adoption approaches and drivers in the adoption of cloud computing. The findings are that there is need for an adoption strategy for Cloud computing in the Kenyan research Institutions that will use a DOI and TOE combined approach while addressing technological, organizational and environmental factors. The findings are used to propose a cloud computing adoption strategy for the Kenyan Research Institutions in future research.

Cloud Computing, Research Institutions, Strategy, Adoption

Nyachiro, A. , Ondimu, K. and Mafura, G. (2023) Adoption Strategy for Cloud Computing in Research Institutions: A Structured Literature Review. Journal of Computer and Communications, 11, 63-78. doi: 10.4236/jcc.2023.114004.