Strategic Importance of Cloud Computing in Business Organizations Discusses 2022

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Strategic Importance of Cloud Computing in Business Organizations
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Abstract
The paper discusses the strategic significance of implementation of cloud computing in a
business. Cloud computing has become a key business need as it provides a number of benefits
to the clients. This paper targets in discussing the benefits that cloud computing brings to a
business organization. The various characteristics of cloud computing are discussed in the paper.
It brings flexibility and scalability to the existing business processes of an organization. The
paper taken into consideration an example of cloud adoption in Netflix, to establish the
significance of the technology of cloud in different businesses.

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Table of Contents
1. Introduction......................................................................................................................3
2. Cloud Computing.............................................................................................................3
3. Strategic Importance of Cloud Computing in Business..................................................4
3.1. The need of Cloud Computing.................................................................................5
3.2. Importance of cloud computing in Business Organizations.....................................6
4. Case Study: Netflix-Cloud computing and its impact.....................................................8
5. Conclusion.....................................................................................................................10
References..........................................................................................................................11

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Title: Strategic Importance of Cloud Computing in Business Organizations
1. Introduction
Automation of the business processes and application has become a need of current
business organizations as it provides the organization with the needed competitive advantage.
Automation of the business processes and application is particularly necessary when a business
has more than one branches. However, the automation process requires proper infrastructural
support, which may not be affordable for small or medium sized organization. These
organizations may not have the required capital to invest on the huge infrastructural requirements
for automation (Smith, Bhogal & Sharma, 2014). However, automation is one of most essential
business needs. Cloud computing addresses these problems and provide a cost effective solution
for business automation (Oredo & Njihia, 2014). This paper aims discussion of the importance
and the significance, cloud technology brings to a business. The problems that the use of cloud
computing address, will further be analyzed in the report. The process in which this technology
is incorporated in a business to improve its competitive advantage is further discussed. The
benefits, a business organization can achieve with the use of cloud technology will be discussed
in the paper. In the following paragraphs, the strategic significance of the technology in a
business organization is elaborated.
2. Cloud Computing
A computing model that operates through internet is indicated as cloud computing. It
offers various services including storage, servers and applications. The use of this technology, in
organizations simplifies the hardware and software requirements of the business (Hsu, Ray & Li-
Hsieh, 2014). The various features of this technology are indicated as follows-