Inc. Technology: The Great Cloud Migration: How to Stay Ahead of the Pack

20 July, 2010

More businesses are using software hosted over the Internet -- or in the cloud -- for a range of applications. But the cloud can also be used to test out new apps, calling into question the traditional model of software testing and sales.

For the small and medium-sized businesses, the "cloud" is already a familiar friend. Small businesses have increasingly found ways to reduce capital expenditures and operating costs through cloud computing, in which computing is provided by shared resources and software on the Internet on an on-demand model. As a result, they continue to move many business functions from on-site servers to the Web. However, few businesses truly have a cloud "migration" strategy and even fewer have successfully leveraged the cloud in vendor relations.

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