Are cloud computing and innovation linked?

Grazed from WebTechnologyGroup. Author: Editorial Staff.

Cloud computing changes the way we look at applications, data and technology. Having flexible information technology not only reduces the cost, it creates new opportunities for increasing the value you derive from it. Cloud prepares your organisation for the unknown.

Reimagining information technology

Imagine that all of your applications and data were built today based on cloud technology. Your data would be ubiquitous – accessible to everyone and every application, quickly and easily without the need to translation or migration. Your applications would be infinitely scalable and you’d be able to adapt and extend them as well as build completely new functionality…

Increasingly, we’re seeing new applications and IT innovation happening outside the IT department. Cloud approaches to the software, platform and infrastructure layers are creating a self-service approach to IT. It means that business users are more able to create new applications using company data based on external platforms. Marketing, Finance and Sales are leading the way with marketing automation, procurement and CRM applications that integrate with internal systems…

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