Question

A retail company runs its own data center and must purchase servers months in advance of major sales events. Some years they buy too much hardware that sits idle, and other years they run out of capacity during peak demand and lose sales. Which benefit of the AWS Cloud most directly addresses this problem?

Accepted Answer

Stop guessing capacity by provisioning resources on demand and scaling up or down as needed

Answer

Trade capital expense for operational expense to improve accounting treatment

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Benefit from massive economies of scale to achieve lower variable pricing

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