Description
As one of the hottest buzzwords in IT today, and often misused, the term cloud computing has been the subject of much hype and much confusion. But the potential is real: with its promise of low-opex, zero-capex, on-demand infrastructure, cloud computing offers highly appealing economic and business benefits, such as accelerated innovation and time-to-market, that have given it traction among small and startup businesses, as it gives them low-cost, easy access to true enterprise-grade technology that could otherwise cost millions to build. For these and other reasons, cloud computing has also drawn the cautious but serious interest of larger enterprises.
