Organizations are increasingly adopting cloud computing due to reduced costs of infrastructure and applications as well as lower support and maintenance costs. Previously, organizations relied on outsourcing vendors to set up expensive infrastructure, but cloud computing now provides a more affordable option. Key business drivers for cloud adoption include reduced IT costs, assured business continuity even in disasters due to cloud backups, seamless application updates handled by vendors, and improved scalability and performance of cloud applications.

1. M Tech (CS) / MCA Cloud Computing
Business and IT Perspective
Prof Neeraj Bhargava
Vaibhav Khanna
Department of Computer Science
School of Engineering and Systems Sciences
Maharishi Dayanand Saraswati University Ajmer

2. Business Perspective of Cloud
• With Cloud Computing becoming the trend
and the new way to do business, organizations
are opting for the cloud model to work. The
main factor in favor of cloud computing is the
reduced cost of infrastructure and
applications. Added to that, the lower or no
costs for support and maintenance is another
important aspect promoting the acceptance of
cloud computing.

3. Cloud Computing VS Outsourcing
• Before the emergence and wide acceptance of cloud
computing, organizations and businesses depended on
service companies which offered the infrastructure,
which would otherwise be very expensive to set up.
• These service companies, in this scenario, act as
vendors to the other companies.
• The vendor companies set up the infrastructure and
offer the services to different companies.
• But, with cloud being readily available at lesser cost
now, more and more companies are opting for the new
technology.

4. Business Drivers of Cloud Computing
There are some business drivers which promote the
acceptance and adoption of cloud.
• The first factor driving businesses to opt the cloud model is
the reduced IT costs itself.
• Once on cloud, the business continuity is assured. Even if
your system crashes or you lose data due to natural
disasters, your data is safe on the cloud. You can use the
backup so that your business is not impacted.
• As your applications and software are on the cloud, you
need not worry about the updates and upgrades. These
are seamless and taken care by the cloud vendor.
• The performance and scalability of the applications on the
cloud are commendable.

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