Click to learn more about author Jay Chapel. One of the key drivers to a multi-cloud strategy is the fear of vendor lock-in. “Vendor lock-in” means that a customer is dependent on a particular vendor for products and services, and is unable to use another vendor without substantial switching costs or operational impact. The vendor lock-in problem in cloud computing is the […]
Who Should Manage App Development Costs?
Click to learn more about author Jay Chapel. We speak to enterprises large and small about cloud cost optimization, and one of the more dominant themes we have been hearing lately is: Who should manage app development costs? Cloud Operations teams (ITOps, DevOps, FinOps, Cloud Center of Excellence, etc.) that are responsible for the management, governance, and […]
How Cloud Has Affected the Centralization vs. Decentralization of IT
Click to learn more about author Jay Chapel. Every week, we find ourselves having a conversation about cost optimization with a wide variety of enterprises. In larger companies, we often talk to folks in the business unit that most people traditionally refer to as Information Technology (IT). These meetings usually include discussions about the centralization vs. decentralization […]
Google Cloud Platform vs. AWS: Is the Answer Obvious? Maybe Not
Click to learn more about author Jay Chapel. Google Cloud Platform vs. AWS: What’s the deal? A while back, we also asked the same question about Azure vs. AWS. After the release of the latest earnings reports a few weeks ago from AWS, Azure, and GCP, it’s clear that Microsoft is continuing to see growth, Amazon is […]
Cloud Governance Models
Click to learn more about author Jay Chapel. The deliverability of cloud governance models has improved as public cloud usage continues to grow and mature. These models allow large enterprises to tier and scale their AWS Accounts, Azure Subscriptions, and Google Projects across hundreds and thousands of cloud users and services. When we first started […]
The Cloud Managed Services Market is Growing — and That’s Good for MSPs
Click to learn more about author Jay Chapel. Lately, we have been talking to quite a few providers of cloud managed services that play in both the private and public cloud spaces. These conversations have centered around how cloud management needs are evolving as enterprises’ hybrid and multi-cloud needs have accelerated. Most refer to this […]
Why the Advantages of Multi-Cloud May Not Outweigh the Challenges
Click to learn more about author Jay Chapel. The time is ripe to take a fresh look at the advantages of multi-cloud. In the past 12 months, we’ve seen a huge increase in the number of customers who use multiple public clouds — now, more than 20 percent of our customers use multiple public clouds. […]
Shadow IT: Not a Problem or Worse Than Ever?
Click to learn more about author Jay Chapel. Shadow IT: you’ve probably heard of it. Also known as Stealth IT, this refers to information technology (IT) systems built and used within organizations without explicit organizational approval or deployed by departments other than the IT department. A recent survey of IT decision makers ranked Shadow IT as the lowest […]
Where Are You on the Cloud Spend Optimization Maturity Curve?
Click to learn more about author Jay Chapel. Cloud spend optimization is always top of mind for public cloud users. It’s usually up there with security, governance, and compliance — and now in 2020, 73 percent of respondents to Flexera’s 2020 State of the Cloud report said that optimizing “existing use of cloud (cost savings)” […]
Tips for Better Cloud Expense Management
Click to learn more about author Jay Chapel. The term “cloud expense management” has been co-opted by many parties, from those selling employee expense management software hosted in the cloud, to telecom expense management software (TEM), to IT expense management software, to cloud cost management software which focuses on SaaS, IaaS, and/or PaaS services. For […]