Cloud Computing Insider6 Jun 2025

Broken Promises in the Cloud: The Groups That Ruined Their Credibility

Over the past two decades, certain players in cloud computing have lost credibility by putting their interests ahead of real client value. Big consulting firms boasted vendor awards like "Partner of the Year," but were often rewarded more for selling providers' technology than delivering the best solutions to clients. Many took finder's fees or other monetary incentives, steering enterprises into expensive, overengineered platforms optimized for quota, not business outcomes. Public cloud providers also share blame, promising radical cost savings and agility while hiding the complexity, hidden fees, and risk of vendor lock-in, leaving businesses with spiraling costs and inflexible architectures. Meanwhile, too many IT executives jumped on the cloud bandwagon out of fear of missing out, rather than building thoughtful strategies aligned to their organizations' needs.

After years of costly implementations that failed to deliver the promised value, enterprises have grown wise to these self-serving tactics. They're turning away from hype, seeking independent, vendor-neutral advisors, or growing expertise in-house. Today, businesses demand transparency, tailored strategies, and a clear focus on business results over sales quotas, trophies, or buzzwords. Moving forward, only those providers, vendors, and leaders who prioritize real value and honest guidance will earn lasting trust in the cloud computing industry.

Denne episoden er hentet fra en åpen RSS-feed og er ikke publisert av Podme. Den kan derfor inneholde annonser.

Episoder(163)

From Automation to Automated Automation: The Next AI Revolution

In this episode of Cloud Computing Insider, Dave Linthicum talks with longtime technology analyst and broadcaster Eric Kavanagh about AI, agentic systems, automation, enterprise governance, and the re...

26 Sep 44min

Why Enterprises Keep Getting Multicloud Wrong

For the past decade, enterprises have treated multicloud as the logical next step in cloud computing evolution. The promise was simple: more flexibility, less vendor lock-in, better resilience, and th...

21 Sep 15min

We Were Lied to About Cloud Costs — And I Have the Videos to Prove It

This video looks back at how cloud computing costs were discussed roughly 10 to 15 years ago, during the period when public cloud platforms such as Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and Google App...

17 Sep 12min

Why Some Cloud Tech Workers Have To Pay To Quit

If you think quitting a job is a simple matter of giving notice and moving on, this story may change the way you see work entirely. Across the tech and cloud computing world, more employees are findin...

14 Sep 14min

The Cloud Job Market Is Lying to You (We Have the Data)

The cloud job market looks broken — but it's actually just hidden. In this video, we break down the real reasons qualified people aren't landing cloud computing jobs in 2026, and most of it isn't you....

10 Sep 14min

Big Tech Analyst Firms Have a Credibility Problem

The large technology analyst firms are in trouble, and not because the tech market suddenly became less important. They are struggling because the old model that made them powerful no longer works the...

7 Sep 13min

5 Cloud Training Hacks Nobody Talks About

Cloud training has never been more accessible, but that does not mean most people are learning it the smart way. In fact, a lot of aspiring cloud professionals waste time following the same crowded pa...

31 Aug 8min

The AI Goat Rodeo: Rich CEOs, Reckless Claims, Real Consequences

Welcome to the AI goat rodeo, where the biggest names in tech are charging into the arena, waving billion-dollar checkbooks, shouting about the future, and trying to convince us they've got everything...

24 Aug 11min