How to take control of growing cloud costs

Many organizations already struggle to control their growing cloud costs. This will only get more difficult as cloud consumption increases. 

On this episode of IT Availability Now, host Servaas Verbiest and guest Erik Krogstad, Principal Cloud Architect at Sungard AS, discuss this widespread challenge and what businesses can do to overcome it. Listen to this full episode to learn:

●       Why so many companies have difficulty managing cloud costs

●       What organizations can do to avoid wasted cloud spend

●       Why moving to the public cloud isn’t always the answer to out-of-control cloud costs

●       Key elements to consider when making cloud decisions for your business

As Director of Product Field Strategy at Sungard AS, Servaas Verbiest assists businesses and organizations in realizing the full potential of cloud computing by thinking strategically, deploying rapidly, and acting as an ambassador for the cloud ecosystem. While at Sungard AS, Servaas has worked with more than 1,000 unique clients across multiple industries on complex application deployments, re-platforming, public cloud integrations, private cloud deployments, application lifecycle, and hybrid cloud model development.

Erik Krogstad is Principal Cloud Architect at Sungard AS and serves as lead for the company’s Cloud Center of Excellence. With more than 20 years in the IT industry, Erik has extensive experience in designing and transforming IT infrastructures and architectures to meet the business and IT needs of fortune 1000 companies. 

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