Busch, PeterSmith, StephenGill, AsifHarris, PedroFakieh, BahjatBlount, Yvette2014-12-042014-12-0420142014Proceedings of the 25th Australasian Conference on Information Systems, 8th - 10th December, Auckland, New Zealand978-1-927184-26-4https://hdl.handle.net/10292/8109The literature is scant around the take up rates of cloud computing by organisations. Cloud computing is nonetheless expected to be a major computing paradigm in the future. The benefits of the cloud vis-à-vis outsourcing many current in-house IT services and applications – both hardware and software based, are numerous. However, governments and many enterprises are still relatively unclear on the motives for adopting cloud technologies and the consequent benefits gained in a real-world operational environment. This paper examines the results from a survey conducted at a forum of senior government IT managers and their views towards cloud computing adoption. The paper provides insights both from technological and non-technological perspectives in the overall context of cloud adoption in Australian government enterprises.Conference ContributionOpenAccess