Everyone in the technology world is talking about it...
and a lot of people in the business world are asking the same question, "What is Cloud Computing, and what does it mean for my business?

Most IT departments are forced to spend a significant portion of their time on frustrating implementation, maintenance, and upgrade projects that too often don't add significant value to the company's bottom line.

Increasingly, IT teams are turning to cloud computing technology to minimize the time spent on lower-value activities and allow IT to focus on strategic activities with greater impact on the business.

The Cloud is a metaphor for the Internet and cloud computing is an emerging computing model in which technology and applications are provided as a service through the Internet.

Cloud computing can be divided in two main areas: The Services and Application Cloud and the Infrastructure Cloud. The Service and Application Cloud will deliver business driven value, mostly with a subscription model based on "Pay as you Use". The Infrastructure Cloud will deliver computing capacity, network capacity and storage capacity as needed, a usage model based on "Pay as you Grow". A Cloud computing model will drive lower cost-of ownership and enable rapid business innovation by delivering easy-to-use services to users "on demand" regardless of their location or type of device they are using.

Cloud Computing is a new paradigm that will change the economics of business

Business Value: Faster Innovation & lower Costs

• No upfront capital costs
• Lower operational cost by taking advantage of Economies of scale
• Faster Innovation
• Business Agility allowing companies to adapt and scale their business models and markets.

Most enterprises will execute in a hybrid model, integrating Cloud Services into existing on premise processes and applications (Cloud Integration)