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Zorluk: KolayUnderstand concepts of cloud economics

A boutique video production agency needs to expand its storage capacity for raw footage. Instead of purchasing expensive new physical storage hardware that requires upfront funding, the agency decides to use Amazon S3, allowing them to pay only for the storage they use on a monthly basis. Which concept of cloud economics does this spending shift demonstrate?

  1. Trading capital expenses (CapEx) for variable operating expenses (OpEx)Cevap
  2. B
    Trading variable operating expenses (OpEx) for capital expenses (CapEx)
  3. C
    Using upfront payments to secure dedicated physical infrastructure
  4. D
    Prioritizing vertical scalability over elasticity

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Trading capital expenses (CapEx) for variable operating expenses (OpEx)
The correct answer is trading capital expenses (CapEx) for variable operating expenses (OpEx). Capital expenses refer to upfront investments in physical assets like servers and storage arrays. By migrating to Amazon S3, the boutique video production agency avoids these upfront costs and instead pays a variable operating expense based on their actual monthly consumption.

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1
Analyze the business decision made by the boutique video production agency.
The agency is choosing not to purchase physical hardware upfront and instead paying monthly for storage resources actually used.
To classify the change in the company's financial model.
2
Map the spending models to cloud economic concepts.
Buying physical hardware represents a capital expense (CapEx), whereas paying monthly for consumption represents an operating expense (OpEx).
To determine which cloud economics concept describes shifting from upfront physical purchases to consumption-based pricing.

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Trading Capital Expenses for Variable Expenses (CapEx vs OpEx)
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