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Cloud sprawl is a huge, growing challenge. On average, large companies use 645 individual cloud services, which has grown 17% in just six months. What’s crazy is when you ask...
Cloud Consumption
Identifying and Solving the Cloud Sprawl Problem
An interesting read for me one day last week was the Wall Street Journal reporting on the
Harnessing the Power of As-a-Service Cloud Offerings
When used wisely, consuming cloud as-a-service (aaS) can dramatically improve business
Bringing clarity to cloud usage: a must-do for shaping more effective IT strategies
Shadow IT isn’t anything new; it is part of human behavior and started with the first mini-computers in family homes. People will always choose the tools that help them do their jobs in the simplest and most efficient way. Unfortunately, when that
Do You Know How Much You Are Spending On Cloud? Hidden Costs of Public Cloud Can be 4-8 Times Higher than Visible Costs
Reducing costs remains amongst the top reasons why organizations use public cloud services. However, when calculating the costs of public cloud services organizations need to look well beyond the license fees and billed costs. With Cisco Cloud
The Journey to Becoming an Enterprise Cloud Service Brokerage: From Shadow IT to Hybrid IT
As enterprise cloud use extends to public, private, and hybrid clouds, CIOs and IT leaders are realizing the need to evolve their IT business model to become enterprise cloud service brokerage (CSBs). Cisco’s Scott Clark recently discussed the value
Pros and Cons: Do-It-Yourself Approaches to Monitoring Shadow IT & Cloud Services
Shadow IT is estimated to be 20-40 percent beyond the traditional IT budget. The ease by which organizations can purchase apps and services from cloud service providers (CSP) contributes significantly to this spending. This is an eye-catching number
Governing the World of Many Clouds with Cisco Cloud Consumption Optimization Service
CIOs face a scary reality. They only know about 5-10% of the cloud applications that are being used within their organization. This shadow IT is ripping holes in their security strategies. In fact, a recent Forrester study cited that 43% of
