IARJSET ISSN (Online) 2393-8021 ISSN (Print) 2394-1588 International Advanced Research Journal in Science, Engineering and Technology Vol. 3, Issue 6, June 2016 Copyright to IARJSET DOI 10.17148/IARJSET.2016.3643 220 The Effect of Application Requirement Availability on Cloud Computing Adoption in Jordan Salwa Alsamrai 1 , Omar Sabri 2 , Amaal Al-Amawi 3 Isra University, Administrative Sciences and Finance, Management Information Systems, Amman, Jordan 1 Jazan University, Business Administration, Management Information System, Jazan, Saudia Arabia 2 Isra University, Administrative Sciences and Finance, Management Information Systems, Amman, Jordan 3 Abstract: The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of application requirements availability on adopting cloud computing applications in several government institutions in Jordan. To go deeper in cognition of the phenomena under investigation, survey method was used to collect data, and for respondent persuade all the inquiries asked in this study were coordinated in Arabic language. We applied (Cronbach’s Alpha) to analyze the validity and reliability of the survey which resulted in acceptable stability for the purposes of conducting research. The research sample was represented by all the workers of the system implementation in different government institutions, where the total sample size was 50 employees. The statistical analysis showed that there was a significant and positive influence of the availability of cloud computing technology requirements on the adoption of its application in the Jordanian institutions. Keywords: Cloud Computing adoption; Government institutions; Survey; Jordan I. INTRODUCTION Many researchers defined the cloud computing as a set of hardware, interfaces, networks, storage, and services that allow the prompt delivery of software and services over the Internet upon user demand. It provides infrastructure and services and programs through a network that offers attractive advantages for organizations, including its ability to reduce ICT costs through centralized infrastructure, which is working to install more than one operating system (Windows - Mac - Linux - others) in a virtual environment within the current operating system to experience the system as a program could be viewed at any time [1]. There are many definitions of cloud computing in the literature but the most one was defined by the National Institute Of Standard And Technology (NIST) of America defined Cloud Computing as the following: “Cloud computing is a model for enabling convenient, on demand network access to a shared pool of configurable computing resources (e.g., networks, servers, storage, applications, and services) that can be rapidly provisioned and released with minimal management effort or service provider interaction.” [2]. Clouds are used to save organizational resources, because the traditional organizations did not use the entire functionality of technology such as network capacity, storage capacity, server’s functionality and power electricity. So organizations can reduce the cost consuming on equipments and reduce electrical power consuming [3]. Not only organizations can get benefits from cloud technology system, but also governments expect public services should be available to people with less cost, minimum resources, maximum speed and less time. The most popular governments that implemented and established cloud system are Japan, Singapore, USA, Finland, Korea, and UK. [4, 6]. Each of the previous government is focusing on cloud computing as the solution for the efficiency of the electronic government, business innovation, ICT efficiency, and cost reduction [5,6]. For many years, governments began to move towards online and provide their services, and build a strong relationship with citizens to interact directly with them. The value of governments to move on line is to develop the efficiency and effectiveness, and transparency between the government and its agencies, between government and its citizen, and between government and the private sector, i.e E-government [5, 6, 7]. Many governments in the Middle East like Saudi Arabia, UAE, and Qatar, have realized the importance of Information technology and cloud computing in enhancing and maintaining their economies. These governments are committed to take their services online to develop their infrastructure and services to the public [8]. The cloud computing project was launched officially in Jordan in 2013 to provide centralized and secured infrastructure for government institutions. Recently, the Jordanian government has announced that a great amount of support will be spent over cloud computing infrastructure. In this research, we are going to probe the effect of the availability of application kits (Infrastructure, specialist staff, awareness of system adoption, and protection means) on adopting cloud computing in government institutions in Jordan.