Technology no longer needs to drive economic and strategic conversations. Due to the economic innovation of cloud, technology is now better able to align with strategy, economic, and risk requirements. Enterprises can now simultaneously align choices on strategy and direction with technology and economics. As an example, businesses with cyclical needs, meaning that everything is not needed all the time, can leverage services and just-in-time infrastructure deployments as needed to satisfy cycles as needed. Very little investment is required up front, with scalable growth available programmatically.
Successful solutions will utilize services as needed. These services may be internally provided or externally consumed. Strategy and economics will determine the best path forward. In almost all cases, consuming solutions as a service is optimal...