But is it for you?
There are good reasons why organizations turn away from a CapEx IT spending structure. Chances are, these are the same reasons why many executives look more favorably to the flexible approach of OpEx-based public cloud services.
Many cloud service providers claim they can charge your enterprise monthly for the IT resources that are consumed and nothing more. Great idea in theory, right? And for certain workloads and certain companies, it may prove to be the optimal time to make the transition to OpEx-based cloud services. Many enterprises are already reaping the benefits of OpEx modeling for areas such as cloud-based email, CRM, and workloads for human resources.
Many other companies, however, are not quite ready to go “all in” with public cloud. A common example is that the personnel on your IT support team does not have the skillsets required to fluently speak the language of a mainstream public cloud provider. Other organizations have concerns about how they will protect their own IP and that of their customers in areas like cloud security and regulatory compliance. Others are concerned about what it might take to make their key legacy workloads “cloud-ready.” And of course, there are the hefty egress charges they might incur should they decide to move their data out of one public cloud into another.
Fear not, however.