By Luiz Caloi, Director of Data Center and Cloud Computing at Sonda
To say that the data center revolutionizes the way activities, communications and data are managed and stored in companies is redundant. Also extolling the benefit of mobility that the cloud allows when it comes to the use of applications and documents to be accessed on different platforms through the internet is also talking about the same.
If before these and other questions hovered the minds and the financial heart of the companies, always accompanied by a series of evaluations to make such a decision, today the question turns to the beneficial effects that the cloud can cause on the corporation's accounts. The current question is: does the cloud generate or not generate savings? With 20 years of experience in the IT market, participating in all the maturing of the concept lived up to the moment, I reply without hesitation that the cloud is an additive in favor and, above all, real in the costs of companies.
First, because it eliminates or optimizes spending on on-premises IT infrastructure. For example, in the case of an organization that migrates to the public cloud, the expenses generated by the local IT infrastructure, such as electricity, acquisition and maintenance of hardware and software, will be completely eliminated and, in this way, the company will save financial resources. , which may be used in other areas of the business.
The second point in favor resides in aligning the IT area with the demand of the company's business. By adopting the payment model & #39; pay for use & #39 ;, in which the company pays the supplier only the amount related to the services used, the cloud provides flexibility in relation to the on-premises structure, which needs to maintain a high available (and idle) computational capacity ) to meet periods of seasonal demand, such as Christmas or Black Friday, which exponentially increases the cost of companies.
The third item that draws attention is the democratization of the use of technology. The great competition between public clouds is making the cutting edge technology accessible to any size of company and more and more quickly. The dispute to attract customers means that innovation is frequent and prices fall as well.
The fourth way to reduce IT costs from the use of the cloud, however, is totally related to the reduction of spending on information security. An issue that has become a priority on companies' agendas, the concern with cybersecurity has now been shared with the supplier.
To close this analysis, in the fifth point, we will investigate the basis of the first four, that of choosing a strategic partner that has all the conditions to support this journey. We need to take into account that it is not all that is prepared to go to the cloud and the migration is also not "as is", a detailed qualification of what it can take and how it is the first and most important step of the process. Choosing partners who are agnostic about the infrastructure and can offer a hybrid model makes a difference in succeeding or not.
As you can see, cloud computing reduces real IT costs in different ways. Such reflection is in line with a research developed by IDC (Internet Data Center), in which it points to the growth in the adoption of cloud solutions by organizations in Brazil. Studies show that 10.4% of companies had an increase in revenues after joining cloud solutions and 77% reduced IT costs. That is, resorting to the cloud is the pure reality to drive business gains.
Disclaimer: The opinion presented in this article is the responsibility of its author and not of ABES - Brazilian Association of Software Companies.
If before these and other questions hovered the minds and the financial heart of the companies, always accompanied by a series of evaluations to make such a decision, today the question turns to the beneficial effects that the cloud can cause on the corporation's accounts. The current question is: does the cloud generate or not generate savings? With 20 years of experience in the IT market, participating in all the maturing of the concept lived up to the moment, I reply without hesitation that the cloud is an additive in favor and, above all, real in the costs of companies.
First, because it eliminates or optimizes spending on on-premises IT infrastructure. For example, in the case of an organization that migrates to the public cloud, the expenses generated by the local IT infrastructure, such as electricity, acquisition and maintenance of hardware and software, will be completely eliminated and, in this way, the company will save financial resources. , which may be used in other areas of the business.
The second point in favor resides in aligning the IT area with the demand of the company's business. By adopting the payment model & #39; pay for use & #39 ;, in which the company pays the supplier only the amount related to the services used, the cloud provides flexibility in relation to the on-premises structure, which needs to maintain a high available (and idle) computational capacity ) to meet periods of seasonal demand, such as Christmas or Black Friday, which exponentially increases the cost of companies.
The third item that draws attention is the democratization of the use of technology. The great competition between public clouds is making the cutting edge technology accessible to any size of company and more and more quickly. The dispute to attract customers means that innovation is frequent and prices fall as well.
The fourth way to reduce IT costs from the use of the cloud, however, is totally related to the reduction of spending on information security. An issue that has become a priority on companies' agendas, the concern with cybersecurity has now been shared with the supplier.
To close this analysis, in the fifth point, we will investigate the basis of the first four, that of choosing a strategic partner that has all the conditions to support this journey. We need to take into account that it is not all that is prepared to go to the cloud and the migration is also not "as is", a detailed qualification of what it can take and how it is the first and most important step of the process. Choosing partners who are agnostic about the infrastructure and can offer a hybrid model makes a difference in succeeding or not.
As you can see, cloud computing reduces real IT costs in different ways. Such reflection is in line with a research developed by IDC (Internet Data Center), in which it points to the growth in the adoption of cloud solutions by organizations in Brazil. Studies show that 10.4% of companies had an increase in revenues after joining cloud solutions and 77% reduced IT costs. That is, resorting to the cloud is the pure reality to drive business gains.
Disclaimer: The opinion presented in this article is the responsibility of its author and not of ABES - Brazilian Association of Software Companies.
EN 
PT 
