The Real Cost Of The Cloud

Wednesday, 14 December 2011 15:54

Waveform's Blog

We came across this interesting article today that we'd like to share with everyone about the true costs of cloud hosting. We hear a lot about the cloud these days, but frankly, not all of it is true. Head on over to Chris Chandler's blog to read more.

The tl;dr:
Cloud computing isn't that "cheap" unless you're talking about tiny costs that early, early stage startups might face. Once you know you will require dedicated infrastructure it's very likely worth it to get your own hardware. You're employing technical people anyway; have some of them manage your infrastructure. You would have needed some people doing it with your cloud hosting anyway. Being able to throw stuff away is nice, but so is having authoritative control over your business operations and in-house accountability.