Cloud: is now an intrinsic part of our landscape

Accenture's Padraig Sugrue distils the big IT discussion of the day down to three good reasons why the cloud wins out over traditional IT delivery models. Ian Campbell reports.

Padraig Sugrue, head of cloud at Accenture Ireland: said the cloud had a number of benefits

After several years of confusion around the cloud and its benefits, a straightforward business case is starting to emerge, according to Padraig Sugrue, head of cloud at Accenture Ireland. He made a compelling case, identifying three key reasons why cloud platforms have an edge over traditional IT models.

The first is speed to market. IT projects used to start with a time-consuming procurement process before provisioning could commence. Now cloud platforms let you ...