Cloud Computing Benefits

Cloud computing savvy companies focus on
“how” to solve business problems
and less on “what” technologies to implement.

Innovation Benefits

Cloud Computing Benefits: Innovation
"...transitioning to cloud computing enables a level of informed decision-making never before possible." -- Fast Company

  • enhanced business agility
  • speed-to-market
  • dynamic scalability
  • partner interconnectedness
  • sustainability
  • universal user experience

Cloud computing is changing the role of IT from predominantly one of maintenance to one of innovation enabler through the new service delivery model of cloud services. -- Aberdeen Group

Economic Benefits

Cloud Computing Benefits: EconomicAccording to estimates from Amazon's James Hamilton, a very
large data center (50,000 servers) enjoys a 5 to 7 times
reduction in networking, storage, and IT administration costs
versus a medium-sized data center (1,000 servers).

Cloud data centers are built on an even larger scale.

  • dramatically lower total cost of ownership (TCO)
  • pay-as-you-go/metered payments
  • shift CAPEX to lower OPEX
  • cloudburst for dynamic capacity
  • low cost low risk pilots
  • virtuous savings cycles

A September 2009 study published by Aberdeen Group revealed top performing companies that have adopted cloud computing have reduced IT costs 18% and data center power consumption by 16%.

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