Cloud Benefits

Question 1

When running applications in the AWS Cloud, which common tasks can AWS manage on behalf of their customers?

Answer 1

1. Backup of a database
2. patching database software

Question 2

AWS are able to continually reduce their pricing due to:

Answer 2

economies of scale

Through economies of scale, cloud providers save organizations money because they purchase computing resources in massive quantities at lower costs

By using cloud computing, you can achieve a lower variable cost than you can get on your own. Because usage from hundreds of thousands of customers is aggregated in the cloud, providers such as AWS can achieve higher economies of scale, which translates into lower pay as-you-go prices.

Question 3

What are the 6 advantage of cloud computing?

1. t_____ c_____ expense for _______ _______.
2. benefit from massive _______ of ______
3. stop guessing ________
4. increase _______ and _______
5. stop spending _______ running and maintaining _________s.
6. go _______ in ______.

Answer 3

1. trade capital expense for variable expense
2. benefit from massive economy of scale
3. stop guessing capacity
4. increase speed and agility
5. stop spending money running and maintaining data centers
6. go global in minutes