http://www.iaeme.com/IJM/index.asp 2307 editor@iaeme.com International Journal of Management (IJM) Volume 11, Issue 12, December 2020, pp.2307-2318, Article ID: IJM_11_12_218 Available online at http://www.iaeme.com/IJM/issues.asp?JType=IJM&VType=11&IType=12 ISSN Print: 0976-6502 and ISSN Online: 0976-6510 DOI: 10.34218/IJM.11.12.2020.218 © IAEME Publication Scopus Indexed RESEARCH OUTLOOK ON CLOUD COMPUTING ADOPTION IN SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES (SMEs) ACROSS GLOBE Vikas R Gangadhar Research Scholar, MIT Art, Design and Technology University, Pune, Maharashtra, India Dr. Ajim Shaikh Assistant Professor & Guide, MIT Art, Design and Technology University, Pune, Maharashtra, India ABSTRACT Cloud computing is a buzz word for organization which are on digital journey. Most pursued benefits of digitalization are being released by usages of cloud technology. Cloud computing technology is rapidly replacing traditional data centres. Cloud technology is helping their consumers with benefits such as speed, scalability, availability, and cheaper cost based on usages. Organizations are making most out of cloud computing technology across industries sectors. The small and medium enterprises do not have much IT budgets for buying the state of art technologies for their IT setup. Service offering models of cloud technology such as Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS) and Software as a Service (SaaS) is a ray of hope. By adopting cloud computing, SMEs are off boarding few of their IT operational responsibilities to cloud service providers. While SMEs could focus on their core competencies to bring more agility in their business operation and services. Cloud service providers are holding expertise and they are also getting benefited due to economy of scale and assured business opportunities due to locking-in period. This is surely a win-win proposition for SMEs as well as for cloud service providers across globe. SMEs are contributing largely into gross domestic product (GDP) and in turn increasing the employment opportunities for countries. The healthier is the SMEs, they will contribute more positively into the progress of nation. Many attempts have been made to increase the cloud adoption in SMEs by encouraging them through required knowledge, tools and techniques. Researcher across globe have also helped industries through their research and brought up various perspectives on table. The paper is an attempt to find out the cloud computing trends