The Real Cost of Cloud Computing

If you are expecting spikes that you are unable to predict or provision for, a cloud approach makes sense.

by Art Sedighi

August 24, 2010

I wanted to focus this article on the actual cost of cloud computing. We covered different types of clouds in the previous article, "Understanding the Clouded Cloud," but we never touched on the cost or ROI for any of the classes of cloud computing.

The worst that could happen is for people’s view to be crushed once they implement a cloud infrastructure, hoping for an ROI based on an unjustified hype.

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Mr. Sedighi is a freelance writer and IT consultant. Before that, Mr. Sedighi was the CTO and founder of SoftModule. At SoftModule, He was the Chief Architect for SoftModule's xFactor product that has risen from a current need in the market to manage excessive demands of computing power at a lower cost.

Before SoftModule, Mr. Sedighi held a Senior Consulting Engineer position at DataSynapse, where he designed and implemented Grid and Distributed Computing fabrics for the Fortune 500. Before DataSynapse, Mr. Sedighi spent a number of years at TIBCO Software, where he implemented high-speed messaging solutions for organizations such as the New York Stock Exchange, UBS, Credit Suisse, US Department of Energy, US Department of Defense, and many others. Mr. Sedighi received his BS in Electrical Engineering and MS in Computer Science, both from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.