What is it, really?

Platform, Software, computing power, storage, standards? Yes.

Some obvious benefits:

• Leverage existing services
• Leveraging others experience — multi-tenancy
• Smart resource allocation, especially for peaks in traffic.
• Applications that require heavy resources for short periods of time — e.g. large log analysis
• Accessibility, mobile applications?

Some obvious problems:

• Security?
• Compliance?
• Managing Internet dependent SLA

Opportunity for deskless employees?