Cloud Computing and Its Effects on Network Management The delivery of computing as a service, or cloud computing, over a network is becoming more and more mainstream and is allowing businesses of all sizes to get their applications up and running faster, with easier manageability and less maintenance. Cloud computing allows enterprises, and enables IT, to more rapidly adjust IT resources (apps, servers, storage, and networking) to meet fluctuating and unpredictable business demand. Cloud computing forces us to change our traditional approach to application and network management. No longer do we have a fixed number of assets that must remain






