Simpler Clouds on the Horizon

Cloud was supposed to make computing easier, but it’s now as complicated or more complicated than legacy data centers and apps. Is there any future in a simpler cloud?

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SIMPLIFYING CLOUD

APPLICATIONS - SaaS, RPA, Low-Code and PaaS v2

• Small Business as-a-Service
• Multinational Business-as-a-Service
• DemandGen-as-a-Service

PRICING - Cost Management has its own complex ecosystem

• The cloud bill is always an unknown

INTERCONNECTING SERVICES - Are the APIs easy enough to integrate

• Mulesoft, Red Hat Integration, Apigee, etc. for the older stuff
• Is cross-SaaS integration easy enough? 

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