The Cloud. Whether it’s a mega-cloud provider in the public clouds, a private or managed cloud, on premises or off prem, cloud is all about flexibility. Add an instance, add a service, it’s just a click. (Note the dynamic cloud, the ability of an app to dynamically expand it’s resources as load increases, remains mostly hype. While this was one of the first great promises of the cloud-o-sphere, it has not translated into reality. Even further, just shutting down non-production environments during the night or on a schedule can be a significant cost saver – but is not offered by the mega-providers. At least in this area 3rd party cloud support vendors have stepped in – but many are not aware of this and end up with lots of idle time on compute nodes.) While the cloud providers offer that wonderful relatively instant service with a click, each one of those clicks carry a cost. And cost means…IT procurement, the department focused on getting the best deal for their IT dollar
Enough hype! Real ROI - Let's put these technologies to work!