Five factors IT pros need to consider when strategizing and constructing a computing platform built for growth and flexibility.
Embrace the Cloud Where Applicable
Leveraging the cloud provides a platform upon which you can quickly scale up or down efficiently and economically as the business requires. Scaling in the cloud is much easier than the traditional method of requesting quotes and waiting for delivery. With the cloud, servers and storage can be provisioned in minutes.
Other great cloud solutions include the delivery model of software as a service. SaaS has proliferated over the last few years and is now gaining traction as features and cost have gained parity with their desktop counterparts. With no deployments or upgrade labor necessary, IT departments drastically reduce their software support time, giving them more time to spend on strategic initiatives.