\u201cI think there is opportunity for this market to go far beyond analytics,\u201d observed Margaret Dawson, Symform\u2019s Vice President of Marketing, in this exclusive Q&A with Cloud Expo Conference Chair Jeremy Geelan. \u201cAgain,\u201d Dawson continued, \u201cthis goes back to how we can integrate these solutions with other related products\/solutions to get a broader picture of what is happening across our business. I think an interesting intersection is Big Data and distributed compute processing.\u201d
\nCloud Computing Journal: Agree or disagree? \u2013 “While the IT savings aspect is compelling, the strongest benefit of cloud computing is how it enhances business agility.”
\nMargaret Dawson: I don\u2019t think it\u2019s one or the other or so black and white. For some companies, it is absolutely a budgetary impact issue; for others, it\u2019s about being able to move to a new technology or increasing productivity quickly regardless of money saved or not. For others it\u2019s about minimizing impact on the network. Depending on which cloud computing platform and solution the business is pursuing, the benefits can be wide ranging. That being said, I absolutely agree that business agility is a key benefit of cloud. <\/p>\n