The Cost of Cloud Should Be Agencies’ First Concern
Many companies born in the cloud have realized they need to go hybrid to ensure their business model is sustainable. Similarly, some agencies that raced to the cloud at the height of the pandemic are finding the cost to be too high.
The decision of where a classified, mission-critical system should reside is primarily financial. Does it matter that an agency’s equipment sits in a brick-and-mortar data center owned by Equinix? Only if the cloud would be a cheaper option.
Cloud environments sprawl more easily than those controlled by an agency’s IT or contracting shop because industry providers won’t necessarily limit service when it extends beyond what customers require. The result: Agencies might overpay by millions of dollars.
If an agency can provide data everywhere it’s needed from a hybrid environment hosted by a third party, colocated, rented out of a data center or in the agency’s own facility, it owes it to the taxpayer to explore all options.
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