The newest normal: Cloud computing

Designing, implementing, maintaining, securing, and growing enterprise infrastructure is hard, time-consuming work—not to mention expensive.

However, for years, businesses didn’t have a choice but to set up their own computing infrastructure, data centers, and servers to enable their business operations. But, today, businesses looking to streamline their operating costs, simplify their infrastructure management, and future-proof their technology now have the choice of many cloud computing options ready to deliver services at the size, scope, and scale that they need.

It’s for this reason that the cloud computing industry is expected to grow by 17.5% in just 5 years, reaching $832 billion in size.

So just what is cloud computing and why should your business be considering this powerful operating model?

 

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