M.R. Asks 3 Questions: Jay Chapel, CEO, ParkMyCloud
Summary
I sat with Jay to get his perspective on the important things managed services providers should keep in mind when educating customers about cloud costs. AWS has the widest range of services and has made its offerings appealing to startups and global enterprises alike. And, we occasionally see businesses chose an AWS alternative as they compete with Amazon in retail or other spaces, though there are plenty of exceptions to this rule. In general, when you examine specific workloads and factor in Google’s more enlightened approach to charging for CPU/Hr time and their use of Sustained Use Discounts, GCP may actually be less expensive than AWS. Ensure that your organization has a cost control strategy in place to find and eliminate wasted cloud spend due to idle and oversized resources.