Key strategies to address and remediate cloud-spend issues

Getting real about cloud spend issues and how to address them

According to some sources, cloud expansion and spend might soon slow significantly. While opinions on the subject might differ there have been some serious bumps in the road recently for cloud. In this episode, David Linthicum discusses cloud issues that are worrying the C-suite: cloud complexity and ballooning costs. He also gives advice on how to tackle them. First, figure out how cloud works best for your organization, then focus on planning and deployment, and, finally, adjust expectations to meet reality.

It's clear and a present wakeup call that we need to learn from poor assumptions made in the past that we must deal with today and make better plans for the future.

As the chief cloud strategy officer for Deloitte Consulting LLP, David Linthicum is responsible for building innovative technologies that help clients operate more efficiently while delivering strategies that enable them to disrupt their markets.

Matching cloud costs to need: Using FinOps for more effective cloud governance 

Using FinOps to more effectively govern cloud usage and match cost to need to value can help organizations avoid potentially costly reactions, such as overprovisioning.

What helps manage cloud complexity? A sound strategy and security

Even with firm resolution to move to the cloud, many companies struggle with complexity management. Having a thorough understanding of your application environment and a solid strategy to get to the cloud can help.

To reduce cloud complexity, slow down to speed up

To reduce cloud complexity, it's sometimes necessary to slow down to speed up. Why? Because planning and balancing standards with flexibility before you migrate can save time, resources, and pain in the long run.