Adoption of Cloud Based Accounting Information Systems

Name: Mengxuan Hou

Student ID: 42421543

Words: 1750

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Introduction

Cloud computing becomes more and more common in our life, as an illustration, people

could store their photos or documents online and access them whenever they want. More

importantly, cloud computing is widely adopted in commercial sector, as a consequence,

cloud based accounting information system (AIS) emerges. It provides accounting

departments another approach to retrieve more resources and expertise. However, some

other issues, e.g. cost and flexibility, arise at the same time. This report comprises three

sections, including overview of cloud computing, changelings and benefits concerning

cloud based AIS adoption as well as recommendations of success factors for cloud based

AIS adoption.

Section 1: Overview of Cloud Computing

1.1 Definition of Cloud Computing

Currently, there are a wide range of definitions for cloud computing. Among those,

the definition from National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is most

widely recognized. NIST defines cloud computing as “a model for enabling

ubiquitous, convenient, on-demand network access to a shared pool of configurable