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Such difficulties arose especially often a year and a half ago, when the need for urgent import substitution put many companies in a dead end. The hardest time coordinating IT budgets was for those who developed their digital infrastructure as needs arose, without formalized support processes and a common long-term development strategy. At the same time, raising financial issues related to import substitution and migration to the cloud is not more difficult, but more rational. The operational cost model for the cloud and easy scaling allow solving important import substitution and IT infrastructure degradation content writing service problems in the “here and now” mode. Even in a situation where it is difficult to predict what will happen to suppliers and vendors tomorrow, domestic cloud providers guarantee the stable operation of their clients' IT services.

A year ago, when the situation on the IT market changed dramatically and a mass transition from foreign clouds to domestic ones began, in conditions of high demand and uncertainty with further equipment supplies, some cloud providers raised prices by 20-30%. Now there is no reason to fear an increase in the cost of cloud services.




Prices have returned to levels from a year and a half ago, and in some cases have become lower
Because import-substituting analogues have already been identified, and purchasing equipment through suppliers from China and other countries has proven to be quite cost-effective. For example, IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service) has fallen in price.
Overall, it can be said that the cloud services market has now stabilized.
In a competitive situation, providers try to make advantageous offers to their clients. For example, we do not raise prices for current clients even taking into account the upgrade of server capacities. A fairly large Russian private clinic with 3 thousand employees works with us. This client has been using IaaS for several years, hosts an ERP system with us, and increases capacities for additional IT tasks as needed. Recently, we expanded the pool of resources of this customer for a new purpose, the virtual machine was launched on a new, more productive processor. This did not affect the cost of services, which pleased the customer.

OUTSOURCED SERVICE

According to some estimates, 66% of IT professionals fear that the level of security will decrease when moving to the cloud. This common misconception is based on the illusion of control over your own server. Here it is worth objectively weighing the risks of external impacts on the server, possible internal sabotage and other negative scenarios. If you consider all the risks in detail and ignore the emotional factor, it often turns out that the cloud is more convenient and safer.

Clouds are most often built on a high availability architecture, which means that the client's services are guaranteed to restart in the event of a host failure within the cluster.

All data centers are protected - there is security, uninterruptible power supplies and diesel generators. Even in the event of a power outage, the data center will continue to operate normally. The data center is a kind of fortress that provides the most comfortable environment for the IT infrastructure. The minimum SLA (service level agreement) is currently about 99.5%, in case of violation, the provider pays fines and loses its reputation. In our company, in seven years of work, there has not been a single case of going beyond the SLA.

If desired, almost any IT specialist can understand cloud technologies. But in practice, it is quite possible to do without these competencies.

If desired, almost any IT specialist can understand cloud technologies. But in practice, it is quite possible to do without these competencies.

Many companies, including us, are focusing on providing more and more IT support and maintenance services.

I would like to point out that the provider's scheme of work with different types of businesses will be different. For example, an agricultural plant may employ 5 thousand people. Since the IT sector is not a core business there, IT specialists have not tried to switch to the cloud. In such a situation, they are more often guided by the principle "if it works, don't touch it", since IT specialists are responsible for the loss of information. But at the same time, there is no development, reliability and speed of the company's services.