ABSTRACT

As the technology has been maturing, greater management emphasis is being placed on the need to realize business benefits from cloud investment. With the pace of technology maturity, there will be a shift in how vendors supply their cloud technology and solutions and how cloud consumers build on new business models through the technology enhancements offered by cloud. Investment in cloud computing should be more than a business enabler and cost reduction exercise; it should be an exercise in capability building leveraged to drive the business, with increased adaptability, agility, flexibility, scalability, and mobility across the enterprise system landscape.