The enterprise resource planning (ERP) system is a technology tool that has been in existence for more than 15 years in a variety of small and medium enterprise (SME) environments (Karchur, 2013). With the increasing market competition and globalization, SMEs are increasingly implementing these tools; however, the high cost of deployment is generally a deterrent in plans to use ERP (Mahara, 2013). Many organizations opt to find more cost effective solutions such as ERP in the cloud as a feasible possibility, therefore eliminating hardware and software costs that potentially lower financial investment. Organizations are expecting the adoption of cloud computing to provide some benefits to them, often the most important being a reduction in their capital expenditure (Durkee, 2010). The problem however is the fact that there are very few literatures that have discussed cloud enterprise resource planning implementation extensively hence organizations have limited resources to fall back on in order to expand their knowledge and views of cloud ERP implementation. The information obtained from this research may serve as guidance to organizations and give them a good understanding of the likely benefits and risks that could arise from the adoption of cloud computing during enterprise resource planning (ERP) implementations.