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3 wins and 3 losses for cloud computing
The good, the bad, and the ugly of a decade of cloud computing: Security and agility are definite wins, but cost and complexity are serious drawbacks.
Are we experiencing cloudflation?
The sticker shock of cloud computing bills has many in the C-suite looking for answers. A solid finops program can close the budget holes and pay for itself.
3 must-haves for your cloud finops program
Finops can show where all your cloud spending goes, but sometimes penny-wise is pound-foolish. Account for human costs and monitor all your clouds.
Give finops a say over cloud architecture decisions
Prepare for battle in the conference room. A good cloud finops program should review cloud solution architectures to reduce cost and optimize cloud value.
3 reasons cloud computing doesn’t save money
Where are the savings enterprises expected ? A finops program that monitors cloud spending, creates accountability, and optimizes cloud resources will usually solve the problem.
What goes in a metacloud?
A lot of hype is swirling around the new ‘metacloud’ or ‘supercloud’ buzzword. Let’s just focus on what should go into a cross-cloud technology stack.
Complexity leads to cloud outages. Here’s the proof
Complexity is a natural byproduct of a highly heterogeneous and distributed architecture. Now we better understand its impact.
Thoughtworks weighs in on multicloud
Multicloud requires a lot of specialized work to be successful, but there’s really no alternative.
Understand the trade-offs with reactive and proactive cloudops
Before you get excited about proactive cloudops tools, know their limitations, especially if you're using a cloud service provider.
How to figure out the value of cloud computing
Even with finops and other monitoring and governance tools, finding cloud's true ROI isn't easy. Start with the metrics of success for your specific situation.
3 strategies for enterprise cloud finops
Set up a cloud business office, automate where possible, and provide visibility into your cloud agreements.
IT spending will be mostly cloud soon. Are you ready?
Cloud computing budgets will hit 51% of IT spending by 2025 and will continue to increase beyond that. It’s time to change how we think about cloud.
The top edge computing providers are the public clouds
The tech press predicted that edge computing would displace cloud computing, but public cloud powerhouses deliver much of today’s edge computing.
The cloud comes down to earth
An ever-expanding universe of cloud platforms, services, and applications have become fundamental to business and IT operations.
2 cloud computing predictions you won’t hear anywhere else
Every December I see obvious forecasts mostly from PR firms. It’s time for some targeted predictions about governance and cloudops as we enter a new year.
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What is infrastructure as code? Automating your infrastructure builds
Treating computing infrastructure as code is the smart and modern way to provision software in the cloud. Here’s what it is and why it’s better.
Why the cloud computing hangover?
Costs, complexity, and lack of skills are prompting enterprises to press pause on their move to cloud.
Security is the Achilles’ heel of multicloud
With 2022 looking like the year of multicloud, enterprises need a solid plan for multicloud security.
Mind the value at risk with cloud computing solutions
Risk is a fundamental trade-off for most cloud architecture choices. To optimize your technology, evaluate risk and balance the costs and value.
