Any conversation about cloud computing will eventually lead to the question "Why? What's the benefit and why should I be using cloud computing?" There are multiple factors that contribute to cloud computing outperforming the traditional, on-premises data center-oriented approach to computing, but the following capabilities are the ones that are the most likely to make on-premises data centers a thing of the past:
- The ability to trade capital expenses for operational expenses when running IT
- The ability to use inexpensive compute units on demand
- Increased application delivery speed and agility
- Capacity matched to demand
- The ability to go global in minutes
Perhaps the most prominent advantage when using Amazon Web Services is the ability to deploy your services globally within minutes. Using scripts, templates or 3rd party tools, you can...