Its Up to You to Decide if Apps are Cheaper in the Cloud

Whenever I talk cloud with a customer, there is inevitably a discussion around how much the cloud costs vs what is in the data center. The conversation usually starts with one of several declarations. “The Cloud is more expensive than on-premises but we want the capabilities anyway.” “We need the Cloud so we can drive down our costs.” Well yes, if you’ve paid attention, those are two different arguments about why you need cloud, and both of them came to different conclusions about whether or not the public cloud is more expensive or less expensive than running your own data center. ...

March 19, 2019 · 6 min · eshanks