The cloud is discussed as the potential for better technology & business agility, but moving computing resources has two sides.

IT leaders are learning that running applications in the cloud costs more than doing so on-premises, & adds complexity & security concerns not fully appreciated in the “rush” to the cloud, leading them to rethink strategies, & bring applications back in house.

We outline our EACOE Enterprise Architecture analysis approach on rationalizing cloud/in-house strategies.