Organizations — such as engineering firms — planning to migrate all or a portion of their applications or services to a public-cloud environment will benefit from the experiences of early adopters.
Many organizations today are looking for ways to cut costs but at the same time drive competitive differentiation via greater business agility. Companies see adopting public-cloud services as a way to accomplish these goals faster. But is agility and cost savings the only reason IT organizations are adopting or considering adopting public-cloud services? The answer is simple: no.