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18 Apr 09

The big company and the cloud

While granting that "clouds are very cost-effective" for small and medium-sized companies, McKinsey argues that a large company would spend considerably more today if it were to shut down its data center and run all its applications out of a utility-computing cloud.

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  • Nevertheless, the McKinsey analysis is a valuable one, not least because it underscores how early we are in the development of the utility-computing grid - and why we shouldn't expect large companies to begin shutting down their data centers any time soon.
  • The real opportunity that the cloud offers large companies today is as a supplement or complement to their in-house operations rather than as a complete replacement
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