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The report has some good thoughts in it, but overall, they are missing the bigger point and underestimating the benefits of cloud computing.   remove

Abstracted hardware Purchased as subscription (opex over capex) Elasticity – easy up/down   remove

Pooled computing Powered by software Delivered over the web   remove

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distinction between infrastructure and applications   remove

IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS   remove

McKinsey just combined the first two.   remove

The report is clearly a back-of-the-envelope view (honestly the data is hard to analyze because there are many inconsistencies and odd unexplained assumptions) and meant to shock.   remove

Their own math does not even work to prove this assumption.   remove

While the “promise” of the cloud is outlined, the benefits have no role in the economic analysis.   remove

Does it make sense for non-IT companies to be outstanding at computing operations?   remove

Does putting 100’s of millions of dollars into DCs and people to support servers have anything to do with the core mission of most companies?   remove

The ability to consume it effectively as a service means you can offload it and focus on your core.   remove

I hold the hype is real because of this opportunity for focus plus it is radically cheaper than most companies can do it themselves.   remove

The cloud is not ready, too expensive, and easy to replicate, they claim   remove

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