Cloud adoption is up, costs are down, real savings can be had by smart negotiators
July 23, 2015
Grazed from FierceCIO. Author: David Weldon.
Cloud computing adoption continues to rise, cloud costs continue to fall, and cloud savings continue to be available for those organizations that negotiate right. Those are the conclusions of three new cloud computing studies from 451 Research, Cloud Cruiser and International Data Corp.
Perhaps the best news for IT leaders is that the cost of cloud computing investments is dropping, even if only slightly. But the savings can be substantial for those organizations that "negotiate and commit," according to 451 Research. While the price of on-demand cloud services has fallen by a slight 2.25 percent since October, smart negotiators have seen price reductions of 12 percent, the research firm reveals…
The research firm was able to break out the actual cost per hour of cloud services for a typical company. It said the hourly price was $1.72 per hour for a "basket of cloud services" last October. That compares to a $1.68 per hour rate today…
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