In the ever-evolving world of technology, businesses are constantly looking for ways to optimize their operations and reduce costs. One such journey we embarked on was moving our infrastructure from Amazon Web Services (AWS) to a bare-metal solution. This transition not only provided us with more control over our resources
Also, it’s just super easy to waste money in the cloud. That convenience and scalability is a huge double-edged sword. Even if you try to be careful, analyze pricing structures, estimate your spend, optimize your utilization, etc. (which a lot of orgs and engineers don’t), you can get one thing wrong and end up spending way more than you expected anyway.
Given that, even as someone who likes using the cloud a lot more than my prior experiences with on-prem, I can see why a lot of companies would decide to throw their hands up and switch to on-prem anyway. However, I also feel like a lot of orgs could probably find a happier medium if they invested the time to understand, track, and optimize their cloud usage more effectively.
Also, it’s just super easy to waste money in the cloud. That convenience and scalability is a huge double-edged sword. Even if you try to be careful, analyze pricing structures, estimate your spend, optimize your utilization, etc. (which a lot of orgs and engineers don’t), you can get one thing wrong and end up spending way more than you expected anyway.
Given that, even as someone who likes using the cloud a lot more than my prior experiences with on-prem, I can see why a lot of companies would decide to throw their hands up and switch to on-prem anyway. However, I also feel like a lot of orgs could probably find a happier medium if they invested the time to understand, track, and optimize their cloud usage more effectively.