Conversely, I’ve seen executives fired out the door when the public cloud costs were much higher than on prem costs, and the savings didn’t materialize (either the execs had drank the cloud koolaid, or the business changed direction).
Edit: There is no silver bullet. Model your needs, make sure your model is accurate. You might still be wrong if your model doesn’t match reality due to unanticipated deviations.
Edit: There is no silver bullet. Model your needs, make sure your model is accurate. You might still be wrong if your model doesn’t match reality due to unanticipated deviations.