on clear objectives , visibility and fostering a responsible team culture .
“ The first step is to clearly define the overarching objective of your cloud strategy , whether it be to improve flexibility and scalability , boost security , manage risk , foster innovation or reduce costs ,” she explains . “ Then it ’ s important to treat this cloud strategy as a dynamic and living document , updating it regularly based on insights from your team , vendors and products owners . By assessing budget against actual spend , migration plans and capabilities on a monthly basis , businesses can track their spending accurately and start to instil a culture of cost-efficiency across teams .”
Leadership , Mallory highlights , then has the responsibility to nurture this culture and to communicate the company ’ s strategy and mission from the top down . “ By encouraging your engineers , developers and product owners to assume accountability and understand the costs associated with their daily tasks , leadership can gain a more accurate view of spending as it happens and foster a proactive environment where issues are identified and resolved promptly .”
Neil Lewis – Cloud & As-a-Service Sales Leader ( EMEA ) at Hitachi Vantara – points to research from IDC which found that cloud costs now make up approximately 30 % of overall IT budgets worldwide .
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