How can developers maximize the benefits and advantages of Cloud Computing in their organizations? Well, the simple answer is to design and build Cloud-aware applications. Enterprises today need their applications to run anywhere, have great elasticity, and be fault tolerant. Cloud-aware applications deliver all those benefits and more. In this program, Dr. Vishnu Vinekar, Phd., an Assistant Professor of Information Systems and Operations Management at the Charles F. Dolan School of Business at Fairfield University, introduces viewers to Cloud-aware applications. By viewing this report, IT and business professionals will gain valuable insight and understanding into this rising software development paradigm. After successfully completing this segment, you should be able to: recognize why it is important to design today’s modern applications with the Cloud in mind, understand what makes an application Cloud-aware and the challenges development teams may have transitioning to Cloud application development, discuss how developers can maximize the benefits of the Cloud through Cloud-aware applications, and understand why developers need to expand their