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| A public-cloud delivery model converts [[capital expenditure]]s (e.g., buying servers) to [[operational expenditure]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cloudave.com/link/recession-is-good-for-cloud-computing-microsoft-agrees |title=Recession Is Good For Cloud Computing – Microsoft Agrees |publisher=CloudAve |access-date=2010-08-22 |date=2009-02-12 |archive-date=2010-08-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100814013751/http://www.cloudave.com/link/recession-is-good-for-cloud-computing-microsoft-agrees |url-status=live }}</ref> This purportedly lowers [[barriers to entry]], as infrastructure is typically provided by a third party and need not be purchased for one-time or infrequent intensive computing tasks. Pricing on a utility computing basis is "fine-grained", with usage-based billing options. As well, less in-house IT skills are required for implementation of projects that use cloud computing.<ref name="idc">{{cite web |url=http://blogs.idc.com/ie/?p=190 |title=Defining 'Cloud Services' and "Cloud Computing" |publisher=IDC |date=2008-09-23 |access-date=2010-08-22 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100722074526/http://blogs.idc.com/ie/?p=190 |archive-date=2010-07-22 }}</ref> The e-FISCAL project's state-of-the-art repository<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.efiscal.eu/state-of-the-art|title=State of the Art {{pipe}} e-FISCAL project|website=www.efiscal.eu|access-date=2012-04-19|archive-date=2013-01-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130127204905/http://www.efiscal.eu/state-of-the-art|url-status=live}}</ref> contains several articles looking into cost aspects in more detail, most of them concluding that costs savings depend on the type of activities supported and the type of infrastructure available in-house.

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