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Zorluk: OrtaUnderstand concepts of cloud economics

NovaRetail, a regional supermarket chain, is evaluating the migration of its inventory database to AWS. The company's financial team is analyzing the cost differences between maintaining physical servers in their own facility and running virtual servers in the cloud. By moving to AWS, the company will eliminate costs associated with purchasing hardware, securing physical space, and maintaining data center power and cooling. Which of the following represents the primary economic shift that NovaRetail will experience?

  1. A
    A shift from operating expenses (OpEx) to capital expenses (CapEx), enabling the company to own and depreciate cloud assets.
  2. A shift from upfront capital expenses (CapEx) to variable operating expenses (OpEx), allowing the company to pay only for resources consumed.Cevap
  3. C
    A transition to a fixed-capacity cost model where compute expenses are classified as upfront capital expenditures (CapEx).
  4. D
    A shift from manual scaling to automated scaling, which transforms variable operating expenses (OpEx) into fixed capital investments (CapEx).

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The shift from upfront capital expenses (CapEx) to variable operating expenses (OpEx), allowing the company to pay only for resources consumed.
The correct answer is the shift from upfront capital expenses (CapEx) to variable operating expenses (OpEx). Moving to AWS eliminates the need to invest heavily in physical servers, data centers, cooling, and maintenance upfront (CapEx). Instead, the organization pays for resources as they are consumed, classifying them as ongoing operational expenses (OpEx).

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1
Analyze the current on-premises cost structure of the supermarket chain.
The current model requires significant upfront investments in physical servers, real estate, and utility maintenance, which are classified as Capital Expenses (CapEx).
Establishing the financial baseline of on-premises operations is necessary to determine the shift.
2
Determine the financial classification of the cloud consumption model.
AWS operates on a utility pricing model where resources are paid for as they are used, representing Operating Expenses (OpEx).
Understanding how cloud consumption is billed enables comparison with traditional capital investments.
3
Identify the primary economic transition resulting from the database migration.
NovaRetail shifts from paying upfront CapEx for hardware to paying ongoing, variable OpEx for the cloud services they consume.
Eliminating physical facility upkeep and hardware procurement shifts the organization's cost structure to a variable operational model.

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The shift from Capital Expenditures (CapEx) to Operational Expenditures (OpEx) in cloud economics.
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