Cloud Costs: Details Count
Technologists are hotly debating whether cloud hosting can save money over traditional hosting. Too often this discussion takes place in black-and-white terms. Missing is an understanding of how the nuances and detail of each application’s architecture makes a crucial difference to the cost equation.
For example, cloud-savvy developers prioritize minimizing the use of CPU and, to a lesser extent, bandwidth. Inappropriately implemented, rich front-end technologies like JavaScript with AJAX, Silverlight, HTML5, or Flash gobble CPU and bandwidth, driving cloud costs sky high. But with the right architecture, even these technologies can be efficient and cost-effective.
