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The New Cloud Era: Navigating increasingly complex architectures to meet the growing demands of the global enterprise
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Matthew Sharp
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Some businesses are just not suited to have exciting cloud technology teams.
Should all businesses hire new talent to manage their cloud setup?
Some businesses are just not suited to have exciting cloud technology teams. Most businesses will only require a fairly straightforward cloud setup, which sounds simple enough to manage but poses a unique problem - attracting top talent to manage it. Cloud engineers are not excited by simple setups, they want the excitement and opportunity of working with multiple, more complex arrangements. If your business falls into this category, then it probably makes more sense to upskill an existing member of staff instead of trying to attract new talent.
Does the success of the cloud solely depend on technology teams?
The success of cloud deployment in a business is not entirely dependent on the technology team managing it. The whole business needs to understand the implications and opportunities of the cloud. For example, if sales teams understand how the cloud influences the way that they sell, they can find ways to sell smarter through automation. That said, it can be tricky for finance teams to wrap their heads around cloud, particularly as technology requests now mean that spend is shifting from capital expenditure to operational expenditure. Alongside this, cloud consumption can be hard to forecast, which grains against much of what finance teams aim to achieve in a business. To overcome this, it is up to cloud engineers and other technology professionals to ensure that the benefits and working practices of cloud are understood across the business, using easily digestible language.
The whole business needs to understand the implications and opportunities of the cloud.
As companies struggle to attract top talent and seek to keep their costs down, managed services will prove to be a hugely popular avenue.
What will be the main business driver for technology teams this year?
Cost containment will likely be the largest trend for enterprise businesses who utilize the cloud in 2023. It’s no secret that the recent, sharp inflation has had a major impact on all areas of business and life. Enterprise businesses are trying to tackle this through aggressive cost containment. Examples of this that we are already seeing include creating cleaner architectures, reserved instance programmes, enterprise discount plans and even actively managing some services so that they are not running when people are at home. Throughout this year and the coming years, we will witness the increasing popularity of managed services. As companies struggle to attract top talent and seek to keep their costs down, managed services will prove to be a hugely popular avenue.
What are the main priorities for businesses looking to acquire new technology?
When looking at any new piece of technology, businesses should also have a clear goal and set objectives for the new technology to achieve. Otherwise technology vendors may take the opportunity to sell you solutions or additional services that you probably don’t need. From here, it’s important to make sure that any potential solution checks out on the basics such as cyber security and return on investment. If a solution can’t pass these basic checks, then it’s not worth pursuing.
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