Sudden increases in cloud data egress costs occur because of unintended data transfer paths. In AWS architectures, two routing patterns account for a disproportionate percentage of cost overruns: First off, cloud providers don’t charge you to bring data into their network. The financial penalty occurs because moving data around or out of the environment results…
(Even When Repatriation Looks Tempting) After publishing my piece on cloud repatriation, my inbox filled up fast. Not with disagreement—but with a different question: “Okay, fine. Some workloads should come home. But which ones absolutely should not?” That’s the right question. Cloud workload placement — deciding what stays versus what moves — is where repatriation…
Cloud repatriation is no longer a fringe conversation — it is the inflection point where public cloud stops being an accelerator and starts being a tax. For the last decade, “Cloud First” wasn’t just a strategy; it was a religion. If you suggested buying a server, you were treated like a heretic clinging to a…
