VANTAGENS DA COMPUTAÇÃO EM NUVEM PARA EMPRESAS DE MENOR PORTE

Abstract

Investment in information technology (IT) is a complex process that presents technical and economic challenges, especially for smaller companies, because they have less investment power. This condition tends to keep large companies at the forefront of technology. The emergence of cloud computing has provided smaller companies with the possibility of obtaining advantages in the use of IT, which previously only the largest had. Thus, the objective of this work is to study the advantages of cloud computing and how it can benefit smaller companies, justified by the scarce scientific literature focused on this context. As a method, a systematic literature review was adopted, based on the PRISMA protocol, allowing the identification of 79 records in scientific bases, of which 15 were included in the literature review, due to their adherence to the researched theme. The main result was the elaboration of a conceptual proposal of the positive impact of cloud computing on companies, addressing technical and economic aspects, to subsidize the decision of smaller companies in the choice of the cloud computing model most adequate to their needs. For future research, it is suggested to take into account the size of the company in the surveys on IT investment intentions and to place the information security factor at the center of the discussions, due to its increasing importance in the technology scenario.