Scope of cloud computing for SMEs in India

TL;DR

This paper explores how cloud computing can benefit Indian SMEs by reducing costs and simplifying ERP system adoption, supported by interviews with IT professionals from 30 SMEs.

Contribution

It presents empirical evidence on cost savings and ease of adoption for cloud-based ERP systems in Indian SMEs, highlighting practical benefits.

Findings

Cost reduction in ERP implementation

Simplified adoption process for SMEs

Supportive evidence from interviews

Abstract

Cloud computing is a set of services that provide infrastructure resources using internet media and data storage on a third party server. SMEs are said to be the lifeblood of any vibrant economy. They are known to be the silent drivers of a nation's economy. SMEs of India are one of the most aggressive adopters of ERP Packages. Most of the Indian SMEs have adopted the traditional ERP Systems and have incurred a heavy cost while implementing these systems. This paper presents the cost savings and reduction in the level of difficulty in adopting a cloud computing Service (CCS) enabled ERP system. For the study, IT people from 30 North Indian SMEs were interviewed. In the cloud computing environment the SMEs will not have to own the infrastructure so they can abstain from any capital expenditure and instead they can utilize the resources as a service and pay as per their usage. We consider the results of the paper to be supportive to our proposed research concept.