Cloud enables local infrastructure to be virtualized and centrally managed. It has, therefore, giving organizations more flexibility — which allows them to do more with less. Shift to a Cloud Infrastructure means increasingly affordable costs. Companies will be able to obtain agility from the cloud infrastructure. It has significant implications for the traditional software vendors and systems integrators.

Cloud is an enabler of organizational agility, which contributes to a firm's overall business capability and performance. The organization should be able to draw the maximum benefit from their cloud investment by optimizing cloud infrastructure and services according to their organizational needs.