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Merits of Cloud computing

Cloud computing is rapidly becoming a significant part of the overall IT strategy and more and more organisations are dedicating a substantial part of their IT budget towards this trend. Cloud computing is here to stay and deliver the following benefits.
Mobilising the workforce
Cloud computing allows device-agnostic access to data and from any location. It breaks all kinds of barriers and helps employees to stay connected on the move.
Increased cost control
Cloud computing saves a lot of money by eliminating the need for upfront investment in infrastructure and software. The pay-as-you go model brings down operational costs and allows higher efficiency
Enhanced productivity
Cloud allows flexible provisioning of resources with the least impact on internal operations. Personnel tend to focus better and highly productive results can be obtained.
Reduced impact on the environment
With fewer data centers and shared resources, enterprises moving to the cloud earn the eco-friendly credentials easily.
Better agility

While embracing cloud technology, organisations can scale their resources up and down, avail automatic software updates; expand exponentially with zero upfront investment and without having to deal with miles of wires and heap loads of servers.
Common Applications in the Cloud
The last section provided a clear outline on the various business benefits of cloud computing. However, there exists certain data security and privacy issues while hosting applications on the cloud. Organisations are widely experimenting with different parts of the business that can yield favourable results without falling victim to these concerns.
The most suitable and common applications that can be hosted in the cloud are:
  1. Development and Testing
  2. Big Data Analysis
  3. Websites and CRMs
  4. Storage and Backup
  5. Disaster Recovery 

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