Mobile Cloud Computing Adoption Model as a Feasible Response to Countries' Lockdown as a Result of the COVID-19 Outbreak and beyond

Abstract

The COVID-19 outbreak has been declared as one of the worst global disasters. The impact of COVID-19 is visible in many sectors, such as health, logistics, and many other critical aspects of our daily lives. Due to the continuous rapid spread of COVID-19, many countries have imposed lockdown measures. As a result of the lockdown, many organizations are devising measures to remain operational during this period and beyond. One of the visible challenges of the lockdown to organizations lies in their technological readiness strategies, to operate this period. One of the feasible responses, many organizations are implementing is allowing workers to work from home and long-distance learning. Technologies such as Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) and Video Conferencing can enable workers to work from home. During this period cloud service providers have also noticed a big rise in the usage of cloud-based solutions. On the other hand, due to cost-effectiveness and usability, the concept of Mobile Cloud Computing (MCC) is rapidly gaining ground in the cloud and mobile computing communities. Cloud-based solutions, such as MCC can be deemed a possible solution to the damage that can be caused by the lockdown and beyond, to many organizations. Currently, however, there is no feasible MCC adoption model that guides the process of its adoption, thus the need to propose one. In this paper, an MCC adoption model is proposed, as well as a case scenario to which MCC can be useful is demonstrated.