Over the past few years, emergence of cloud computing has notably made anevolution in the IT industry by putting forward an "everything as a service"idea .Cloud Computing is of growing interest to companies throughout the world,but there are many barriers associated with its adoption which should beeliminated. This paper aims to investigate Cloud Computing and discusses thedrivers and inhibitors of its adoption. Moreover, an attempt has been made toidentify the key stakeholders of Cloud Computing and outline the currentsecurity challenges. A SWOT analysis which consists of strengths, weaknesses,opportunities and threats has also carried out in which Cloud Computingadoption for SMEs (Small and Medium-sized Enterprises) is evaluated. Finally,the paper concludes with some further research areas in the field of CloudComputing.
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