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Heads in the cloud

Businesses are embracing the time- and money-saving world of cloud computing, using software services from the net as and when they need them.

Businesses are moving beyond experimentation with cloud computing and shifting to full-scale adoption of services that allow them to obtain software and run applications over the internet.

Distributed or cloud computing and related technologies have gained widespread adoption, fuelled by greater IT complexity, intensifying business competition and more availability of wireless devices.

One of cloud computing's major attractions, of course, is cheaper cost in delivering IT services. Businesses can reduce both capital and operating costs by obtaining resources only when needed and paying for only what is used. Companies can offload some of the burden associated with managing resources, while cloud computing models provide business agility.

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Writer: Suchit Leesa-nguansuk
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