SimplyClouds Blog

Much like how plants rely on root fungi for mineral uptake and bees for pollination, businesses form mutually beneficial relationships to drive growth. One such relationship is outsourcing — and using the cloud is a prime example of this. When you utilize cloud resources, you rely on a cloud services provider (CSP) for IT resources and services instead of on your own machines and manpower.

Such a dramatic shift in operations requires business owners and managers to rethink the way they operate. [...]

When used correctly, public clouds can provide sizable returns in comparison to how much your business initially invested in them. To illustrate, the processing power the cloud can grant to your eCommerce website can result in way more orders fulfilled than if you continued to rely on on-premises (on-prem) IT resources.

Conversely, improper use of public clouds can lead to needless spending that can get your business into financial trouble. This post takes a closer look at what wasted cloud spend is and what you can do to avoid it. [...]