CLOUD SPENDING CONTINUES TO GROW AMID COVID-19. HERE’S HOW TO KEEP IT IN CHECK.
Cloud computing was once a nice to have—but over time, it’s increasingly become something of a business imperative, especially after the pandemic changed priorities (and work environments) for many associations.
In the past, it was pitched as a great way to save money on functions that were previously handled in-house.
But some who have looked at their bills of late might not feel quite that way.
A Wall Street Journal story highlights this dynamic in action: Recently, a subsidiary of the Volkswagen-owned automaker Audi saw its cloud spending jump by 12 percent between March and April, a period when many organizations were going fully remote for the first time. But after Amazon Web Services worked with the subsidiary, it was able to turn off unused services, cutting costs by 30 percent this past month.
If you have a similar moment of sticker shock in your own association, you may not be using your cloud offerings in the most efficient way possible. That’s the bad news. The good news is that there are things you can do to optimize your association’s cloud spending. A few examples: