Two factors that help determine the right cloud for your business

Get a snapshot of the potential IT savings you could realize from the cloud before investing time and effort in a deeper financial and technical analysis. The conclusions presented here are based on a culmination of return on investment analyses conducted by DXC Technology, done specifically for organizations moving to the cloud. Read the full report, "Be a Hero with Cloud ROI."

Which cloud is right for you? Public, private, managed private, managed virtual private or hybrid

Well, it depends.

There isn’t one cloud that meets the needs of every workload. Cloud offerings vary in a long list of ways. Selecting the right (or wrong) variation can dramatically impact your costs – and your return on investment (ROI).

It can help to think about the cloud as you would your home. Should you rent or buy? Get a suburban house or a big-city apartment? The answer depends, right? Same with the cloud. Matching your cloud “housing” to your workload needs will result in the most cost-effective solution for your business, technology requirements and budgetary constraints.

Before you decide which cloud is right for you, take time to examine two important factors, the most common drivers of cloud-based savings:

How efficiently do you currently use your IT assets and capacity?
What is your average capacity utilization?

The cloud can save you money by offering capacity at a lower cost. That’s why it’s so important to know your average capacity utilization. The lower your virtualization rate or average capacity utilization, the higher the ROI you can expect by moving to the cloud.

And with the cloud, you can much more easily match demand with actual capacity — and pay only for what you actually use. If you expect a project to grow, additional servers can be switched on, literally in a matter of hours. And if that project doesn’t grow as expected, then those same servers can be switched off just as quickly, saving you major costs.

Ready to see how much moving to the cloud can help your organization?

Read the full report, “Be a Hero with Cloud ROI” to learn:

Two metrics you should test before selecting a cloud service
How (and why) to determine your IT assets and capacity efficiency
The vital importance of knowing your average capacity utilization
Why to consider application management and business continuity
Four indirect benefits of moving to the cloud