The cloud

As mentioned earlier, delivering software using cloud solutions and technologies has been around for a while; however, the vast majority of businesses around the globe have not taken full advantage of this phenomenon as yet —especially in their production environments. The uptake of cloud solutions and technologies within the enterprise space, for example, is growing, but the numbers small and uptake are still very slow. That's not to say it can't be done; it's just a bigger leap for some well-established and old-school businesses.

One of the major advantages of using cloud-based infrastructure is the plethora of mature and proven tools, technologies, and techniques that have emerged in recent years. You can pick them up with relative ...

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