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A View of Cloud Computing
![[article image]](/system/assets/0000/2518/031510_CACMpg51_A_View_of_Cloud.large.jpg?1268256624&1268256624 "viewing data from mountaintop")
Credit: Jon Han
Clearing the clouds away from the true potential and obstacles posed by this computing capability.
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(2)i don't understand why the writers were saying the cost of using a service provider is outweighed by cloud computing's benefits of elasticity and transference of risks, in particular the risks of under-provisioning and over-provisioning
To anonymous: The human resource cost of using cloud services more than accounts for any 'over-provisioning' in my experience.
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