Office Automation Systems and Cloud Computing A Survey Study of Views of a Sample of Officers' in a Number of Colleges at Mosul University

Abstract

Office automation systems are considered of the most important computer information systems that support the offices by improving the performance of the administrative office and solving the problems encountered by the director of the office, as well as improving the communications of the individuals working in all different offices through the application of multiple office automation.The development of office automation systems start was due to the development of information technology devices and special equipments (computers generations) as well as the development of the software especially (fourth generation software)The office automation systems developed through the use of networks especially, the international network of information "online" ;as for the persistence of these developments in the world ,the so-called "cloud computing applications" have appeared that can serve the office mail by a special services with technology and applied software through the internet (cloud) without investing huge amounts of money in technology or software with its various types and thus make the activities of the office work accurately and honestly and with low cost as well as many other advantages..Consequently, the research problem is that the possibility of adopting cloud computing applications to support office automation systems.The research included a feasibility study to analyze the results of a sample of the views of officials working in the offices of a number of faculties at Mosul University, using a key tool which is the questionnaire as it was distributed to the sample of research.The research found a number of important conclusions, which contributed to the development of a number of recommendations for the research.