adrienne
@adrienne
How do large organizations choose between AWS, GCP, Azure and others? We've seen organizations, particularly in gov't, attempt to build solutions that are cloud agnostic to avoid vendor lock in. - Cloud agnostic solutions lead to complex multi-cloud footprints - Lock-in can never be fully avoided, it can only be managed strategically - Consider building smart exit strategies when choosing your cloud - Choosing to be vendor agnostic spreads resources too thin across multiple platforms Here's a summary of a paper I co-authored about vendor lock in: https://itrevolution.com/articles/navigating-cloud-decisions-debunking-myths-and-mitigating-risks/
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Leo
@lsn
My Series B company so not big is currently on Azure, but we’ve recently had 2/3 AWS people spending days at our office to convince us to switch They are apparently doing a big play for the government space We just want to get free credits One way to mitigate lock in risk is developing experiencing in migrating I suppose. Means it’s less scary
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adrienne
@adrienne
Oof 😣 I can tell you stories of teams that spent years migrating again and again- chasing credits, chasing shiny objects Think any customers care what cloud you’re on?
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Leo
@lsn
no but they do care about price! we're not big at the moment but I can imagine it being a huge drain on resources
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