MCQ IN COMPUTER SCIENCE & ENGINEERING

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

CLOUD COMPUTING

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Cloud computing shifts capital expenditures into ____ expenditures.
A
operating
B
service
C
local
D
none of the mentioned
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The traditional approach prioritizes capital expenditure (CapEx), whereas cloud economics favors operating expenses (OpEx).

Detailed explanation-2: -Multi-tenancy: It helps in enabling sharing of resources and costs across many users. Cost: It is claimed to be reduced and in a public cloud delivery model capital expenditure is converted to operational expenditure.

Detailed explanation-3: -Capital expenditures (CapEx) refers to long-term business investments expected to be utilized for multiple years. It’s expected that CapEx will continue to benefit the business in the future and eventually pay for itself.

Detailed explanation-4: -Cloud Computing enables CAPEX (Capital Expenditure) savings as businesses no longer need to invest in costly infrastructure. The very nature of the cloud, reduces OPEX (Operational Expenditure) that would be very difficult, if not impossible to replicate in an on premises environment.

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