API World + CloudX + Dev Innovation Summit 2024

Ian Crosby, CloudOps, Field CTO

For years the strategy for successful IT organizations has been clear, “Public Cloud or Bust”. The advantages the cloud brought compared with traditional on-premises infrastructure are numerous: Scalability, Cost Efficiency, Reliability, Security, etc… the road to the cloud may be tough, but once there you can reap the benefits. Digital and cloud transformations were omnipresent. It was such a safe bet, that the famous maxim for IBM was repurposed to “Nobody ever got fired for buying AWS”.

More recently, this piece of advice seems less secure. There has been a distinct silencing of the “Cloud First” march, and even significant noise of retreat, also known as Cloud Repatriation. So without clear messaging within the industry how should we determine what is the right strategy for our workloads? Is Hybrid cloud the perfect balance or a cop-out condemning you to the worst of both worlds?

In this presentation we’ll separate the wheat from the chaff, by covering some proven techniques to determine where you should run your workloads. We’ll look at the most common pitfalls organizations make when migrating to (or from) cloud, and look at when a hybrid cloud strategy makes sense. Finally we’ll dive into what’s driving the recent cloud rebellion, and make some predictions about what the future of cloud looks like.