Optimizing existing cloud use for cost savings is the top initiative for users in 2019 for the third year in a row, increasing to 64 percent from 58 percent in 2018. This is one of the findings of the RightScale 2019 State of the Cloud Report from Flexera. Among other highlights are that enterprises plan to spend 24 percent more on public cloud in 2019 compared to 2018. The sums involved are significant with 13 percent of enterprises spending more than $12 million a year on public cloud, while 50 percent spend more than $1.2 million annually. However, respondents estimate…
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