Enterprises Grapple With Pros, Cons (and Costs) of Cloud-First Strategy

Enterprises Grapple With Pros, Cons (and Costs) of Cloud-First Strategy

Cloud isn’t an enterprise panacea.  In fact, the question of where to draw the line on adoption is becoming an increasingly pressing priority for CIOs as the rise of AI drives up cloud costs.  Many C-suite leaders grappling with the dilemma, however, aren’t asking themselves the right questions, said Ari Weil, cloud evangelist at Akamai. Rather than debating whether cloud or on-premise data storage and operations are the better choices, CIOs sho…

Backblaze and Dimensional Research Reveal Hidden Cost of Cloud Object Storage as Enterprises Confront AI Data Demands

SAN MATEO, Calif. -- Backblaze, Inc. (Nasdaq: BLZE), the cloud storage innovator providing a modern alternative to traditional cloud providers, today announced a new study in partnership with Dimensional Research that uncovers how hidden cloud storage costs are driving major shifts in enterprise infrastructure strategies. As AI adoption accelerates, organizations are increasingly hitting a wall—not in innovation, but in cloud bills.