4 Reasons to Extend Your Data Center to the Cloud
1. Footprint Expansion:
Obtain capacity for new projects and expand into new geographies without building a new data center or investing in over-provisioning.
2. On-demand Capacity:
Handle unplanned temporary capacity needs and anticipated seasonal spikes in demand without the capital expense of maintaining idle capacity.
3. Test, Development, and IT Lab Environments:
Perform test/dev and lab/training activities in a flexible pay-by-the-hour environment, with the ability to move between cloud, on-premises, and other regions as needed.
4. Hybrid Applications:
Develop new applications that need to integrate with on-premises applications or access native cloud services.
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