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22 Enterprise Cloud For Dummies, Nutanix Special Edition The Enterprise Cloud Here’s a quick recap of what today’s businesses demand. Businesses want the public cloud for ✓ Fractional consumption and pay‐as‐you‐grow economics ✓ Infrastructure and platform resources on demand (agility) ✓ Zero operational overhead ✓ Delegated infrastructure security, governance, and risk management But they still want ✓ Balance between owning and renting, especially as workload characteristics change ✓ Proximity of data and services ✓ Tailored SLAs for specific applications ✓ Flexibility and choice of platform Today, enterprise IT offers control, which you need for many applications, but when business users need f