It seems like every week there is a new Platform as a Service (PaaS) or beta cloud offering hitting the market. Some vendors tout the benefits of social applications, others emphasize mobile; others talk about how the cloud can save you money or speed up development time. While these are important benefits of cloud services, there’s a much more key benefit that tends to get overlooked: cloud services let you focus on innovating your core business.
Coming from a cloud services company, my perspective is that spending precious time on non-essentials will kill you and sap your innovative juices. Apple outsources much of its manufacturing so it can concentrate on design. Its absolute focus on core competency is in large part what drives its success.
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