The Business of Tech: The true cost of cloud: David Reiss lifts the lid

The Business of Tech: The true cost of cloud: David Reiss lifts the lid
David Reiss. (Image: BusinessDesk)
Peter Griffin
With Big Tech hyperscalers investing billions in local data centres and the Government taking a cloud-first stand, the migration of our data and applications to cloud platforms is in full swing.But as David Reiss, my guest on this week’s episode of The Business of Tech, told me, moving to the cloud isn’t necessarily the panacea if you are looking to lower the ongoing costs of running your IT systems.Reiss, co-chief executive of 30-year-old tech services firm Equinox IT, says costs can escalate quickly in the cloud without the contro...

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