Cloud computing reduces IT operating costs because cloud providers manage the underlying infrastructure, which includes hardware and software. These hosted components are typically more reliable and secure than standard enterprise data centers. These advantages allow IT teams to focus on tasks that benefit the business more directly. Cloud computing also offers the advantages of being global, convenient, vastly scalable, and easily accessible, all of which speed up the time it takes to create and deploy software applications. It gives organizations access to a range of new services that enable popular trends in application architecture and usage, including microservices, containers, serverless computing, machine learning, large-scale data analytics, the Internet of Things, and more.