Moving to public cloud was like going with the flow for companies. But unmet expectations are now bringing them back to on-prem infrastructures.

As a last-ditch effort to check infrastructure cost, companies are shifting away from public cloud and setting up private infrastructures closer to home.

Storage evangelist and long-time Field Day delegate, Chin-Fah Heoh drills into cloud repatriation in his recent article – “Reverting the Cloud First mindset”. The article delves into questions like what went wrong in the cloud, and why industries are once again favoring on-premises and co-locations.

When cloud computing was all the rage, every business wanted to be on-board. Those who resisted felt the heat as the FOMO (fear of missing out) feeling set in, especially those who were doing this thing called “Digital Transformation“. The public cloud service providers took advantage of the cloud computing frenzy, calling for a “Cloud First” strategy. For a number of years, the marketing worked. The cloud first mentality became the tip of the tongue of many, encouraging droves to cloud adoption.

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