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59 % OF ORGANISATIONS
ARE EXPECTED
TO INCREASE CLOUD USAGE AS A DIRECT RESULT
OF COVID-19 . extra capacity and create a ‘ just in case ’ buffer . The limited visibility or control of these resources might snowball into a huge problem over time and can result in regular recurring spending that cannot be explained and in many cases is not even needed .
FEATURE the time to map out their cloud storage and service consumption to assign it to projects and cost centres .
Some teams have a tendency to overprovision resources just to add some

59 % OF ORGANISATIONS

ARE EXPECTED

TO INCREASE CLOUD USAGE AS A DIRECT RESULT

OF COVID-19 . extra capacity and create a ‘ just in case ’ buffer . The limited visibility or control of these resources might snowball into a huge problem over time and can result in regular recurring spending that cannot be explained and in many cases is not even needed .

Simply by matching cloud storage with consumption , organisations can optimise cloud storage costs and ensure they are not spending unnecessarily .
4 . Are we purchasing all our capacity at on-demand prices ?
On-demand pricing is considered the default pricing model for most cloud providers . It ’ s worth noting that the cost of enterprise cloud storage can vary greatly depending on particular use cases . Accessing data , capacity stored , retrieval frequency and network bandwidth all add to the cost .
Working as a pay-as-you-go method gives organisations the easiest means to buy additional storage , but in many cases , the organisation doesn ’ t actually need what you just purchased . Furthermore , on-demand pricing is unlikely to be the most cost-effective solution . Just because on-demand pricing is an option , it doesn ’ t mean that it is the only option . Most cloud providers offer a way to pre-pay for usage that the customer projects they need . By doing this , the cloud provider can better forecast their hardware and service www . intelligentdatacentres . com
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