Benefits of Cloud Computing Flashcards
Benefits of Cloud Computing
Trade upfront expense for variable expense.
Stop spending money to run and maintain data centers.
Stop guessing capacity
Massive economies of scale
Increase speed and agility
Go global in minutes
Explain the benefit of trading upfront expense for variable expense
Upfront expense refers to data centers, physical servers, and other resources that you would need to invest in before using them.
Variable expense means you only pay for computing resources you consume instead of investing heavily in data centers and servers before you know how you’re going to use them.
How can AWS help you stop spending money to run and maintain data centers?
Computing in data centers often requires you to spend more money and time managing infrastructure and servers.
How can AWS help you stop guessing capacity?
With cloud computing, you don’t have to predict how much infrastructure capacity you will need before deploying an application.
You can also scale in or scale out in response to demand.
How can AWS help with massive economies of scale?
Because usage from hundreds of thousands of customers can aggregate in the cloud, providers, such as AWS, can achieve higher economies of scale.
The economy of scale translates into lower pay-as-you-go prices.
How can AWS increase speed and agility?
Cloud computing enables you to access new resources within minutes.
On contrast, when computing in data centers, it may take weeks to obtain new resources that you need.
How can AWS help you go global in minutes?
The global footprint of the AWS Cloud enables you to deploy applications to customers around the world quickly, while providing them with low latency. This means that even if you are located in a different part of the world than your customers, customers are able to access your applications with minimal delays.
