Cloud platforms from providers, such as Google, Amazon and Microsoft, have proven to deliver a level of security, resilience, raw compute power and expertise that no one but the largest enterprises could hope to build. Even if they could, the geographical reach, ongoing innovation, investment in tech talent, and affordable price points that today’s cloud platforms provide would be almost impossible to match.
Applications, too, have made their mark, whether it’s productivity suites such as Office 365, Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)-based versions of popular server platforms, or CRM solutions like Salesforce. Most software vendors already offer a subscription-based cloud version of their applications.
