Enterprises paying too much for cloud as economic climate bites
A new global survey of 600 IT decision makers finds that 54 percent say the cloud is vital to balancing their IT spending, however, 44 percent are actively looking for ways to reduce and/or control their cloud spend due to economic conditions.
The study, from database platform Couchbase, finds that on average enterprises spend $28.91 million on cloud services, resulting in an overspend of approximately $6.5 million.
How SD-WAN and Public Cloud have changed the dynamics when it comes to modern connectivity and infrastructure requirements
Digital and cloud transformation has unlocked new business opportunities and operational efficiencies for organizations. But migration to the cloud also means our approach to deploying applications and services has radically changed, as enterprises move away from traditional data centers. Likewise, flexible working means users have also moved away from traditional offices and branches.
As a result, organizations that were once heavily dependent on MPLS (multi-protocol label switching) have either moved, or are moving, away and it has lost its dominance. Today, many organizations have either deployed, or are looking to deploy, SD-WAN over the internet. However, the move away from MPLS to an internet-based SD-WAN solution means that some global organizations are now struggling with the performance of their inter-region connectivity. Using the internet between regions – across longer distances and where applications are not locally hosted – can present issues.