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Cloud storage

Authors: Bernard AUBINEAU, Alain CLEMENT, Jean-Claude MAURY

Publication date: March 10, 2012, Review date: April 26, 2021 | Lire en français

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    5. The benefits of Cloud Storage

    As we've already said, Cloud Storage's appeal lies in its five key features:

    • based on ;

    • scalable and elastic ;

    • shared ;

    • recognized on utilization ;

    • use of Internet technologies.

    5.1 Costs

    The first aspect of Cloud Storage is the cost price for the user. Users no longer buy hardware and make investments; they buy usage and target their needs according to the information they want to store. The cost of storage is thus transformed from a balance sheet item to be amortized into a service expense. In effect, the user receives a complete service, including hardware, software...

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