488 Int. J. Business Information Systems, Vol. 19, No. 4, 2015
Copyright © 2015 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd.
Prioritisation of cloud computing acceptance
indicators using fuzzy AHP
Narges Safari
Department of Information Technology Management,
Sistan and Baluchestan University,
University Headquarters, Daneshgah Ave.,
P.O. Box 98155-987, Zahedan, Iran
Email: nrgssafari@gmail.com
Fariba Safari
Department of Information Technology Management,
Tarbiat Modares University,
Jalale Alahmad Avenue,
P.O. Box 14155-111, Tehran, Iran
Email: safari.frb@gmail.com
Mehdi Kazemi and Somaye Ahmadi
Department of Information Technology Management,
Sistan and Baluchestan University,
University Headquarters, Daneshgah Ave.,
P.O. Box 98155-987, Zahedan, Iran
Email: mhdikazmi@gmail.co
Email: somayeh.ahmadi2011@yahoo.com
Alireza Hasanzadeh*
Department of Information Technology Management,
Tarbiat Modares University (TMU),
Jalale Alahmad Avenue,
P.O. Box 14155-111, Tehran, Iran
Fax: +98-21-82883637
Email: itmmodares@gmail.com
*Corresponding author
Abstract: As organisations grow, documentation along with categorisation of
business information will become harder in traditional databases. In addition,
these growing organisations will be involved with providing expensive
computing resources. Cloud computing is a cutting-edge technology with huge
amounts of advantages for most companies especially the ones that are highly
dependent on information systems. Therefore, the current study aims to
investigate and prioritise the factors affecting cloud computing adoption. The
final model presented in this study has two main criteria (organisational and
individual level), four sub criteria (organisation, technology, environment and