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For this science services provider, the benefits of a public cloud solution included 

✓ Creation of a custom cloud-hosted software platform designed specifically to meet genome processing needs 

✓ Ability to scale to meet information processing and data handling needs for genome research 

✓ Ongoing access to current infrastructure (systems, software, and communications) without requiring a substantial investment in hardware or software 

## Batch workloads 

A large insurance provider in North America required a cost-effective computer infrastructure to support quarterly and year-end batch processing for capital reserves and risk reporting (required by law at state and federal levels in the U.S.). During such peak periods, computing capacity needs routinely quadruple. Purchasing capacity to meet such needs could cost millions. Naturally, this insurer wanted to meet its peak demands without over-spending on computing capacity that would go underutilized during off-peak times. 

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A public cloud with IaaS capability provides a stable and reliable platform for provisioning compute capability and related infrastructure when needed. When the peak subsides, this environment enables quick and easy de-provisioning of added capacity as well. For this insurer, using the public cloud let it purchase extra capacity only when added work justified its use and saved it 75 percent as compared to the cost of acquiring such capacity in-house. 

The benefits to this insurance provider included the following: 

✓ Scaling computing capacity and infrastructure up and down to match actual demand over time 

✓ Maintaining a current infrastructure, without incurring capital costs for hardware or operating costs for software and services 

✓ Not paying for underutilized computing capacity just to make sure it’s available only when peak times occur 

