$1.$ Your company transitions a dozen servers to the cloud instead of purchasing several new servers to replace aging equipment. The monthly cost of these cloud$-$hosted servers that can grow with the business is significantly lower than the anticipated cost of purchasing new hardware that would have, at first, greatly exceeded the current needs of the business. What feature of the cloud has your company taken advantage of$?$

a$.$ Broad network access

b$.$ Measured service

c$.$ Multitenancy

d$.$ Cross$-$platform compatibility