A framework for multi-tenant database adoption based on the influencing factors

—Multi-tenant databases (MTD) are aspect of\ud computing that has become one of the revolutionary\ud technologies of recent years. This technology has helped\ud to discard the large-scale investments in hardware and\ud software resources, in upgrading them regularly and also\ud in expensive licences of application software used on inhouse\ud hosted database systems. A MTD is a way of\ud deploying a Database as a Service (DaaS) for the\ud convenience and benefits of tenants. This concept is good\ud for higher scalability and flexibility but it involves a lot\ud of technicalities. The adoption of a MTD is based on\ud some salient factors which can be grouped into four\ud categories for easy understanding. A survey is presented\ud in this research that involves a focus group of thirty\ud respondents. The result shows the degree of impact each\ud factor has on the decision to adopt a MTD. This paper\ud also considers these factors and develops a framework\ud that will help prospective tenants to take an informed\ud decision about the adoption of the concept