The reality of multi-cloud — when it helps and when it doesn't
Multi-cloud is often sold as a resilience and cost strategy. In practice, the tradeoffs are more complex than the pitch suggests.
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Writing on our work
Observations from current engagements, opinion on industry developments, and the occasional longer essay.
What FinOps actually looks like in the first year
Most organisations find 30–40% of their cloud spend is unnecessary in the first FinOps review. The second year is harder.
Zero-trust networking for cloud environments — where to start
Zero-trust is a principle, not a product. Here is where the principle maps to actionable architecture for cloud environments.
Kubernetes production readiness — the checklist teams skip
Getting Kubernetes running is the easy part. Getting it production-ready — observable, secure, cost-governed, and recoverable — takes another three months.
Five cloud migration mistakes that cost more to fix than to prevent
The mistakes we see repeatedly in cloud migration assessments — and what to do instead.
Moving from IaaS to PaaS — when the economics work
Platform services cost more per unit than infrastructure. At scale or with the right workload profile, they can cost significantly less overall.