Cloud services adoption and its impact on small and medium enterprises in the Czech Republic

In the literature focused on information technology, cloud computing services are referred to as solutions for efficiently acquiring the latest technologies for use in companies with the possibility of cost optimisation. This study focuses on how small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the Czech Republic accept and use cloud computing services. Small and medium-sized enterprises are companies with a low budget and limited human resources. This study confirmed that it is advantageous for them to use cloud computing services. Their usage can reduce costs and enable them to respond to changes in the business environment by using technologies that would otherwise be unavailable to them. Questionnaires were addressed to respondents (owners or top managers) to obtain data on what influences small and medium-sized enterprises to adopt certain IT services in the form of cloud computing. The results of the data analysis showed that factors such as cost savings, relative advantage, and especially top management support have a decisive influence on the adoption of cloud computing for small and medium-sized enterprises in the Czech Republic. The interpretations and implications of the findings, as well as future research directions, are discussed in this paper.