How to create a quick comparative multi-cloud TCO analysis

Spanning public, private and managed cloud

Published September 2016

It’s natural that CIOs want to achieve the best of both worlds when procuring cloud services. They want their applications to meet all their technical and business requirements, but they also don’t want to have to pay more than they have to.

Assessing which option is best – public, private or managed – for each application is a critical task. Enterprises that understand the value of each option are more likely to make the right decision. Make the right choice, and you can optimise and control costs while giving end users access to the resources they need to grow and develop the business. Make the wrong choice, and costs can spiral out of control, with end users unable to make headway in a competitive world.

In this report, we propose a formula that allows IT decision-makers to make a quick-and-easy cost comparison of their cloud options.