Why cloud computing is crucial to pensions dashboard success

Taking a look at what this drive to cloud computing all about

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Andrew Martin explains what cloud computing is all about and why it is essential to the pensions dashboard

The time to think about scalability was when your team wrote the first line of code. Dr Patrick Flesner, partner at B2B tech-focused investment firm LeadX Capital Partners and author of FastScaling A t-shirt with the line "There is no cloud, it's just someone else's computer" is forever popping up as an advert on my social media feeds. Clearly, the artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms have got my sense of humour nailed. I haven't bought it yet, but those ads are very persistent. So, what is this drive to cloud computing all about? There was a time not too long ago that pret...

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