not needing to hire a team to manage it You absolutely do need an experienced team to operate any significant cloud deployment, or misunderstanding the cost mo

not needing to hire a team to manage it You absolutely do need an experienced team to operate any significant cloud deployment, or misunderstanding the cost model will kill you. Good cloud people cost more than good conventional sysadmins. Unless cloud is simply an excuse to kill off a really, really complacent in-house entrenched IT dept, it will not save anyone anything cash-wise. These are the facts.