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Prime your cloud strategy to deliver cost savings, not cost headaches

In General
February 26, 2021


Why is cloud spend such a thorny subject for so many organisations? And what can be done to resolve the issues that hinder effective cost management in the cloud?

A recent article on ZDNet suggests that cloud computing ‘sticker shock’ is on the rise. Unfortunately, the shock often comes after the transition to cloud is complete. The author says that savings seen when switching from upfront CapEx investments in IT to a subscription model “soon [sour] as the rising monthly bills come in for services nobody knows [about].”

The article, which draws on data from the FinOps Foundation’s State of FinOps Report 2021, suggests that a lack of cloud cost optimisation automation is at the heart of the problem.

Yet this predicament can be resolved with an outcome-focused approach to cloud adoption and migration which takes long-term costs into account. In fact, many organisations are getting it right at least some of the time. Data from AWS shows that customers…



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