Control of usage and costs is biggest challenge to public cloud

A new survey by cloud analytics company Cloud Cruiser and Dimensional Research shows that the top challenge with public cloud consumption is the ability to proactively manage usage and costs across the business. The survey among almost 200 professionals who attended the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Global Summit in April also reveals that nearly one third of organizations are doing nothing to track, manage and allocate cloud consumption costs. "The survey results show that, despite significant investment in public cloud, IT continues to struggle with technologies that will help them analyze public cloud usage," says David Gehringer, principal at Dimensional… [Continue Reading]