Benefits of Cloud Computing

The benefits of Cloud Computing can be divided into three major groups: benefits to business, IT specialists and end users. 
 

For business
The investment in hardware and depreciation costs are not incurred. Capital expenditures are replaced by operational expenditures. While procuring IT services you pay for the amount of resources that you have actually used at the given time. There is no need for investments neither into software nor hardware trying to foresee the future needs. And after those needs become  irrelevant here is no issue of using those redundant resources effectively.
High quality of services becomes affordable even for small businesses. The architecture of Cloud Computing services enables to distribute IT resources among several service users safely and effectively.  Therefore the enterprise level services (e.g.  e-mail, time and resource planning software or back-ups) can be procured by small companies without requiring significant investments in IT equipment. 
Flexibility. Procurement of IT services can answer business needs in few hours, while procuring and setting the hardware can take up to two months. Cloud Computing services also guarantee uninterrupted provision and business continuity as well as change of scope regarding the business cycles (e.g. changed market situation; seasonal, peak performance or temporary project needs).  
Activity optimization. Cloud Computing enables to procure services for routine or new activities and helps saving costs as well as vacates internal human resources for executing activities of higher priority. All administration and support is performed by the qualified vendor’s specialists.
 

For IT specialists
Short implementation time. There is no delay and expenditure due to the procurement and installation of IT infrastructure, training of IT specialists therefore the project can be started in much shorter time.
High level of self-service. IT resources can be ordered and managed via internet (e.g. virtual desktops, virtual servers, storage, testing environments, etc.).
High availability of services. Services are provided from the data centers compliant with all security and business continuity requirements using virtualization solutions. The latter are advantageous because of mobility - in case of hardware failure virtual servers will be up and running in few minutes on redundant DC hardware.
 

For the end users
Mobility. Cloud Computing enables IT services to be used from any place with the internet access.