A healthcare organization debates cloud strategy. The CTO proposes migrating everything to AWS public cloud, projecting 40% cost savings and citing agility benefits. The CISO objects, noting that patient data regulations make public cloud risky and expensive to secure properly. The CFO suggests private cloud maintains control while modernizing infrastructure. The board wants clarity on which approach […]
A financial services company decides to migrate their data center to AWS, projecting $2 million in annual savings. They hire consultants, plan the migration, and begin moving applications. Eighteen months later, cloud costs run $4.5 million annually compared to $3 million for the data center they still haven’t fully vacated. Performance problems plague critical applications. Security incidents increase. The migration that […]
