By Robert J. Scott
Business executives are beginning to recognize that cloud computing offers real benefits. Low upfront and maintenance costs, utility billing, on-demand scalability, and access to enterprise-level software represent clear advantages for any organization.
Cloud computing is a format that delivers software and related services to end users over a network, typically the Internet, instead of being installed on a local computer or server. Cloud computing can legitimately deliver greater speed, flexibility and tangible IT cost savings; three reasons why businesses should not disregard the cloud as hype. But before entering into a cloud agreement, there are significant risks that need to be addressed in the agreement…
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