In a survey conducted by IDG Enterprise earlier this year, 71% of organizations said they planned to increase their spending on cloud services in 2012. The biggest motivator: cost savings.
But that doesn’t mean moving applications to the cloud will automatically cut costs for the company. If the proper steps aren’t taken, organizations can find that they’re spending way more on cloud services than they originally planned.
Here are five things businesses must keep in mind to avoid paying too much for cloud computing services:
1. Negotiate a better contract
2. Centrally manage cloud provisioning
3. Right-size your cloud services
4. Watch out for hidden costs
5. Minimize - and plan for - outages
