Delineating the Cloud Journey

Abstract

There are a number of noteworthy improvements and improvisations in the fields of information and communication technology (ICT) in the recent past. These continuous and consistent advancements have a direct and decisive impact on business offerings, operations, and outputs. Worldwide business enterprises, service providers, product vendors, government organizations, academic institutions, etc. are being sagaciously and strategically empowered through the distinct ICT capabilities. Especially, the role and responsibility of information technology (IT) is consistently on the rise for producing and sustaining next-generation business establishments. Precisely speaking, business acceleration and augmentation get fluently fulfilled through IT. Therefore, IT is being widely pronounced and presented as the best enabler of businesses. All kinds of business needs such as agility, affordability, adaptivity, customer propensity and delight, business productivity and expansion, etc. are being provided and performed through the growing list of innovations in the enigmatic IT domain. Cloud computing is the recent phenomenon in the IT domain bringing forth a number of crucial innovations, disruptions, and transformations for businesses and people. The cloud idea has permeated deeply and decisively and is being touted as the one-stop IT solution for all kinds of business needs. The cloud journey started a decade back and is steadily growing to bring in desired automation for businesses. This chapter is specially allocated for conveying the humble beginning, the sustained growth of the cloud idea, and the benefits for institutions, individuals, and innovators.