A number of new and evolving
technologies have contributed to
cloud formation. Among them are:
the continued commoditization of
hardware, virtualization, service-oriented
architectures, open-source software,
the automation of technology
management, bandwidth capacity
increase, enhanced mobility and social
computing platforms. These technologies
are being combined in ways that provide
rapid access to massive compute
capacity and flexible functionality
at dramatically lower price points. A number of new and evolving
technologies have contributed to
cloud formation. Among them are:
the continued commoditization of
hardware, virtualization, service-oriented
architectures, open-source software,
the automation of technology
management, bandwidth capacity
increase, enhanced mobility and social
computing platforms. These technologies
are being combined in ways that provide
rapid access to massive compute
capacity and flexible functionality
at dramatically lower price points.
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