Benefits of Cloud Computing
One of the main reasons that the cloud model has gained such widespread popularity is that it is seen as a way to realize many of the long-cherished goals of having agile, elastic, cost-effective, and more egalitarian computing environments. In particular, the cloud is seen not only as a solution for making IT environments more flexible and responsive, thereby enabling them to fulfill dynamic and transient business needs, but also as a means to reduce operational and capital expenditure.
Agility
Agility is a key benefit of cloud computing, especially from an enterprise perspective. Centralized IT organizations often are not equipped to respond to dynamic user demands in a timely fashion, which could impact go-to-market ...

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