Why ‘cheaper and faster’ is just part of the cloud story

Grazed from FedScoop. Author: Greg Otto.

For both the public and private sector, agility is starting to outweigh cost when it comes to cloud computing. A new Harvard Business Review survey released Wednesday found that large and midsize organizations that have adopted cloud computing have seen an increase in business agility.

Seventy-four percent of the 527 people surveyed said their business has gained “some” to “significant” advantages thanks to cloud implementation. When asked how cloud allowed businesses to achieve those advantages, the respondents said cloud enhanced their responses to market changes, provided easier data accessibility and boosted collaboration between team members…

“None of these businesses were leading with, ‘We’ve saved money,’” said Angelia Herrin, a research director for Harvard Business Review. “Two or three years ago, people said, ‘If you just adopt cloud to do things cheaper and faster, you’re going to miss out. Someone is going to eat your lunch.’ I think this report points out that people are beginning to get that, and the power users and [cloud] enthusiasts get that.”…

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