Which of the following is not one of the characteristics of cloud computing, as defined by the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology?

OA) Ubiquitous network access

B) Measured service

C) On-demand self service

D) Reduced elasticity

E) Location-independent resource pooling

Suire Corporation is considering dropping product D14E. Data from the company's accounting system appear below: All fixed expenses of the company are fully allocated to products in the company's accouriting system. Further investigation has revealed that $197,500 of the fixed manufacturing expenses and $112,500 of the fixed selling and administrative expenses are avoidable if product D14E is discontinued. Required: a. According to the company's accounting system, what is the net operating income earned by product D14E? (Net losses should be indicated by a minus sign.) b. What would be the financial advantage (disadvantage) of dropping product D14E? Should tha nmofuct be dropped