Five Myths of Cloud Computing

While there is plenty of hype about cloud computing, it can bring real benefits. Embracing cloud where it makes sense for the business can speed up time to revenue and reduce costs. But embracing cloud means cutting through the hype to find real solutions.
“Cloud computing is a model for enabling convenient, ondemand network access to a shared pool of configurable computing resources (e.g., networks, servers, storage, applications, and services) that can be rapidly provisioned and released with minimal management effort or service provider interaction.”
Over the last four decades, new technologies were considered as disruptive initially, with hype moving faster than reality. But when technology is understood, the benefits begin to outweigh the negatives. Cloud concepts can mean different things to different people, so this article looks at five cloud computing myths and separate fact from fiction.

Myth one: the public cloud is the most inexpensive way to procure IT services
Myth two: baby steps in virtualization are the only way to reach the cloud
Myth three: critical applications do not belong in the cloud
Myth four: all cloud security requirements are created equally
Myth five: there is only one way to do cloud computing

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