Common Benefits of Cloud Providers and Consumers

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What is one of the common benefits of adopting cloud computing according to the text?

Reduced availability and reliability

Reduced investments and proportional costs (correct)

Decreased scalability

Increased upfront IT investments

Which term refers to the feature in cloud computing that allows measured operational expenditures to replace anticipated capital expenditures?

Proportional costs

Up-front IT investments

Core business investment

Measured Usage (correct)

What is a key economic rationale for investing in cloud-based IT resources?

Minimization of up-front IT investments (correct)

Ownership costs of hardware and software

Increasing upfront financial commitments

Reduction of measured operational expenditures

Which characteristic of cloud computing allows enterprises to start small and increase resource allocation as required?

Measured Usage Signup and view all the answers

What does the reduction of up-front capital expenses in cloud computing allow enterprises to do?

Redirect capital to core business investment Signup and view all the answers

Which term describes the direct relationship between business performance and operational expenditures in cloud computing?

Proportional costs Signup and view all the answers

What is a key financial benefit for cloud consumers?

Replacing operational expenditures with anticipated capital expenditures Signup and view all the answers

How do cloud providers leverage economies of scale in cloud computing?

By mass-acquiring and managing large-scale IT resources Signup and view all the answers

Which characteristic of cloud computing allows cloud consumers to scale IT resources automatically or manually?

Increased Scalability Signup and view all the answers

What impact does cloud computing have on the financial risks of businesses?

Lowers financial risks by eliminating large capital investments in physical infrastructure Signup and view all the answers

Which deployment model in cloud computing allows multiple organizations to use shared resources?

Public Cloud Signup and view all the answers

What service model in cloud computing offers the highest level of control and customization for the consumer?

IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service) Signup and view all the answers

What is a major challenge faced by cloud consumers in terms of security vulnerabilities?

Establishing a security architecture across trust boundaries with cloud providers Signup and view all the answers

How does reduced operational governance control in the cloud compare to on-premise resources?

Consumers have lower levels of governance control in the cloud Signup and view all the answers

What contributes to the challenge of limited portability between cloud providers?

Incompatibility of security frameworks between cloud consumers and providers Signup and view all the answers

Why can overlapping trust boundaries between cloud consumers lead to security challenges?

Shared IT resources result in overlapping trust boundaries Signup and view all the answers

Which factor contributes to multi-regional compliance and legal issues in cloud computing?

Different legal requirements across regions where cloud data is stored Signup and view all the answers

Why is establishing a secure architecture challenging across trust boundaries in cloud computing?

Compatibility issues between consumer and provider security frameworks Signup and view all the answers