Cloud computing reduces the need for on-site maintenance and management.

• A. It must replace core data centers
• B. It increases on-site maintenance requirements
• C. It reduces the need for on-site maintenance and management
• D. It eliminates all IT staff

Answer: (C)

Cloud computing shifts much of the hardware upkeep and daily administration away from your on-site team because the provider runs and maintains the underlying infrastructure. You don’t have to install, patch, or replace servers, or manage cooling, power, and network connectivity in a local data center—the cloud provider handles those tasks as part of the service. What you manage stays at the service level: configuring resources, controlling access and security, deploying applications, and governing data and backups. That’s why it reduces the need for on-site maintenance and management. The data centers and hardware are still there, but they’re operated by the provider rather than by you. It’s not that you replace your own data centers with nothing; you simply rely on the provider’s infrastructure. It doesn’t increase on-site maintenance, and it doesn’t eliminate IT staff entirely; roles shift toward cloud governance and service management rather than hardware upkeep.