I have helped large organizations relocate enterprise applications to the cloud, helped small companies make cloud vendor selections and have been CTO of an IaaS cloud. I also have experience running large IT organizations and have provided consultation to companies on many aspects of their internal processes and technology. I have been asked many times “why cloud?” While the question has been asked many times and there are many biased answers, my view through the fog provides me some specific answers. While the answer will be different for every organization, but the parameters fall into a combination of five areas:
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