AOTMP® Insights: October 10, 2020

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THE ECONOMICS OF CLOUD COMPUTING ................................................. 04

CLOUD AUDIT & OPTOMIZATION........................................................................07

A SERVICE PROVIDER’S PERSPECTIVE ON CLOUD................................... 12

CRITICAL CONCERNS CHANGE WHEN CONTROLLING CLOUD......... 13

AOTMP® ADVISORY..................................................................................................... 16

#BECYBERSMART NATIONAL CYBERSECURITY AWARENESS MONTH................................... 17

MEMBER SPOTLIGHT - JOHN HILL. .................................................................... 18

WELCOME NEW AOTMP® MEMBERS............................................................... 19

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CLOUD SPENDING IS UP—AND SO IS THE BUZZ AROUND CLOUD ECONOMICS. Cloud computing is one of the most sought-after IT investments right now. Cloud is also one of the least understood technologies in terms of costs and economics. Especially now, amidst global economic uncertainty, organizations must be smart about how they consume cloud services to optimize costs and drive value. THE ECONOMICS OF CLOUD COMPUTING BY: ASHLEY SPEAGLE, CONTENT MARKETING SPECIALIST AT VMWARE

CLOUD SPENDING ON THE RISE AMIDST A PANDEMIC Global researchers at Gartner project worldwide IT spending to decline by 8% in 2020 from 2019. “The coronavirus pandemic and effects of the global economic

recession are causing CIOs to prioritize spending on technology and services that are deemed ‘mission- critical’ over initiatives aimed at growth or transformation,” Gartner spokespeople write in a press release. Despite belt-tightening measures, many organizations are projected

to ramp up public cloud spending. “In 2020, some longer-term cloud- based transformational projects may be put on hiatus, but the overall cloud spending levels Gartner was projecting for 2023 and 2024 will now be showing up as early as 2022,” says John-David Lovelock, distinguished Research Vice President at Gartner.

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“WHEREVER GDP IS, TECH WILL BE BETTER. AND SOFTWARE AND CLOUD WILL BE BETTER THAN THAT.” Pat Gelsinger, CEO, VMware One reason for increased cloud spending: to support the computing needs for unprecedented numbers of remote workers. Most organizations quickly embraced remote work when the COVID-19

pandemic shut down public spaces, like office buildings. Even after restrictions lift, 55% of U.S. employers anticipate employees will continue working remotely at least one day a week, according to a June survey by PwC. Similarly, organizations rapidly adapted customer experiences to the new digital norm by turning to

public cloud services.

Another reason: organizations see cloud services as an effective way to optimize costs. One of the key benefits of cloud computing is the ability to consume services as needed and to pay only for what is used. So, it’s ironic that enterprises waste billions of dollars spent on cloud.

CloudHealth by VMware analyzed the average cloud spend of its customer base—more than 10,000 companies worldwide— during the COVID-19 pandemic. “Despite the fact that the dip from January to February was greater than usual, the months of March-May did have a net increase in cloud spend.”

WHAT A WASTE: 4 BLIND SPOTS IN CLOUD SPENDING “People often make incorrect economic decisions, especially when dealing with the cloud,” says Bill Roth, Director of Cloud Economics at VMware. “What we see, generally, is that there are four types of blind spots, or that they’re triggered from biases that people make when they make cloud decisions.”

WHAT IS CLOUD ECONOMICS?

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