What are the business drivers of cloud computing? (Choose all that apply.)

a - Increased time to market

b - Cost efficiencies maximization

c - Strategic planning

d - Accommodation of unpredictable

Answer: The applicable answers are b, c, and d.

Explanation:

When a company decides to hire the services of a cloud computing service provider, instead of investing in purchasing the resources needed in order to match its needs, as the cloud model is based on the concept "pay as you go", it allows to maximize the costs efficiency, and at the same time, gives the company the choice to define what type of steps are needed to grow, and when it is advisable to go beyond.

Finally, as it is possible to expand the services hired on the fly very easily, it is a very good way to be sure that it will never ran out of resources, no matter that future needs could be.

Actually, the only answer that is wrong is a) because it happens just the opposite: Cloud services allow to decrease time to market substantially.