But enterprise IT needs to understand that scale and costs are coupled concepts in cloud computing. The more resources you use, either self-scaling or auto-scaling, the more you pay.

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The era of SaaS-driven business is here to stay, and so are the risks that come with a sprawling, interconnected ecosystem.

Marc Benioff, the CEO of SaaS CRM vendor Salesforce.com, recently explained just why his flavor of the cloud computing model was best suited for today’s troubled economic times.

3. Cloud computing “The 12th Five-Year Plan is also driving innovation in these critical areas, in order to create a nationwide virtual environment,” said Egidio Zarrella, a partner in KPMG China.

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