ADVANTAGES

Capital Expenditure : Less capital expenditure and also no depreciation costs forthe product Modularity An approach to achieve task disaggregation is through modular architectures and standardized interfaces. Reliability Includes ensuring both the availability and sufficient performance of the applications on which organizations depend

Faster Implementation Absence of hardware, platform software or application software to install and configure, results in faster deployment of solutions.
Security Includes data security, tracking the performance and presence of disaster recovery plan Mobility Users have the ability for the user to access data and applications from around the globe.

Risk Reduction Users can use the SAAS to test ideas and concepts before making major investments in technology Customer convenience Customer convenience leads to higher satisfaction levels Energy It can deliver significant energy savings that will complement other solutions within the data centre Flexibility The environment transparently manages a users resource utilization based on dynamically changing needs. Virtualization Each user has a single view of the available resources, independently of how they are arranged in terms of physical devices.

Collaboration Users are starting to see the cloud as a way to work simultaneously on common data and information

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