2015 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
8. The Harder They Fall
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How Clouds Hold IT Together
Abstract
As businesses grow, their IT system grows in three ways: the transaction volume increases as the business expands, the system becomes more geographically dispersed as the business enters new markets, and the system increases in complexity as additional processes are automated. Each of these aspects of growth involves many components and relationships in the IT system, and cloud implementations play an important role.