What is Cloud Computing?
Cloud Computing/Noun: Style of computing where massively scalable IT-Related capabilities are provided “as a service” using Internet technologies to multiple customers.
Why
Cloud computing is a very effective strategy to reduce the it operations and management costs as well as minimize down time in the event of an outage by:
i) Minimal hardware investments
ii) Care free data backups offsite
iii) Avoiding large software license costs
iv) Shrinking Your Onsite IT footprint
Benefits
i) Lower Upfront Costs
ii) Reduced operational overhead
iii) Elastic Scale-ability
iv) Increased Uptime
Who
Companies using the cloud:
i) Energizer
ii) General Electric
iii) Starbucks
iv) Wells Fargo