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With the advent of cloud computing and SaaS, there is a new business model that can be adopted by the IT industry that forces a direct linkage between the cost of IT and the value that the customer receives. First, cloud computing introduces a new business model where organizations can manage IT as an independent entity outside of the customer's business or business unit.