The idea for this was born at the retailer Amazon in the early 2000s. Initially, server instances were developed under the name EC2 to be able to meet the growing needs of the online retailer itself.
Let’s start with a truth bomb:
💣 If you think the cloud will automatically save you money, you’re wrong.
Wait… what?
Don’t get me wrong. I love the cloud. I’ve spent the last 15+ years of my life helping companies move to it, build on it, innovate with it, and thrive because of it. But I’ve also seen what happens when they dive headfirst into public cloud services without understanding the economics behind it.
