5 Compelling Cloud Computing Benefits
Cloud has the distinct advantage of providing each user a readily available server and software. When the server or bandwidth are purchased by the client, most of the times it is underutilized and thus, becomes a financial drain. Moreover, technological products become obsolete faster than any other device and replacing them is a huge expense which can be avoided if cloud technology is used as the provider is responsible for the maintenance and upgrade of the infrastructure.
Cloud also eliminates the need to buy and set up an IT infrastructure, including hardware, software and other resources needed to function properly. As cloud offers easy, automated and fast switching to higher or lower computing capability, the need of manual intervention is needed as well. During a peak period, a website which is experiencing unforeseen traffic, can easily switch to more bandwidth, instead of crashing. When the traffic is normal or low, the website will automatically be allowed lower bandwidth.
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