Most organizations that adopt a cloud platform do so expecting that it will improve their overall IT operating costs. The pay-as-you-go pricing models of infrastructure as a service offer a built-in promise of trimming the IT resource fat. 

\r\n However, many organizations discover that creating cost savings from cloud infrastructure requires careful and considered use, and that lifting and shifting applications into cloud environments does not necessarily produce savings.

\r\n The challenge: controlling cost

\r\n Companies using cloud platforms quickly recognize that controlling cost is an ongoing strategic and technical challenge.…