Have you been able to negotiate lower cloud costs with your CSPs? What was most helpful to bring to the negotiating table?

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Co-Founder in Services (non-Government)2 years ago

Create architecture that can run in multi-cloud, and not let the CSP lock you down

Director of IT2 years ago

I believe that the most common and effective way is to assume a commitment for the next 3, 5 or 10 years. Beside that, maybe something more strategic, like a partnership in a specific product in the cloud or something like that.

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