The hype around cloud computing continues to grow. As Gartner analyzed in previous research, cloud computing is not a new concept, but its visibility has increased during the past few years. One important aspect of understanding cloud computing is its impact on software applications. A software application can leverage the cloud computing infrastructure in multiple ways including:


1) By leveraging shared infrastructure and processes inherent in multitenancy application architectures
2) By leveraging cloud infrastructures
3) By leveraging both

In this research, Gartner examines the benefits of these approaches.