Few transformational technologies have generated as much hype and confusion as the cloud. Companies have concerns about security and performance and are nervous about handing control of their infrastructure over to somebody else. That hasn’t stopped the acceleration of cloud adoption, like small organisations and the largest global enterprises alike are increasingly turning to the cloud for some, and sometimes all, of their company’s infrastructure and software. So why is this?
It’s easy to credit cost as the primary reason for the uptick in cloud adoption because it can be, in fact, cheaper compared to on-premises hardware. While the cloud can certainly be cost-effective as organisations only pay for the resources they use, there are three further key reasons why companies turn to the cloud — and never look back.
