Re: still need people with operational knowledge
Agree, but it seems like a maturity thing. AWS has been able to charge a premium because they were really the only game in town. AWS is not inexpensive... whether it is less costly than on prem probably depends. You need to bundle infrastructure, data center space, power/cooling, admin positions like finance, IT HR costs, probably some other things to get an apples to apples. Now they have some competition from Azure and MS and AWS are in a price war, the AWS prices should come down. Azure is pretty good and getting better. Google is also becoming a player.
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