Cloud has been positioned as the panacea for all of the ills in the world. The hype often leaves experienced IT professionals skeptical of the benefits of leveraging public clouds. The most common objection to public cloud I hear is, “Wait until you get your first bill from (public cloud).” I can understand the fear and consternation of suddenly having a huge monthly bill that no one budgeted. However, there are great 3rd party tools available that allow you to forecast and track your budget and usage, like 2W Insight, which make that uncomfortable situation avoidable.
With the recent price cuts by Amazon Web Services, Microsoft and Google, the TCO argument from the traditional hardware manufacturers is losing steam. When is the last time any major hardware vendor cut its prices to its customers by 40-60% overnight? There is no better time to begin evaluating and leveraging the cloud, and a great place to start is with a TCO analysis.
2nd Watch has a services practice that can assist your organization in building an accurate monthly forecast of your estimated cloud costs while also providing a full TCO analysis.
-Matt Whitney, Cloud Sales Executive
