Server Environments: In-House vs Cloud – Revisited

If you were considering moving your small or medium business to the cloud, the last two weeks have been a three-way boxing match between Google, Amazon, and Microsoft. Each announcing significant price drops in their cloud storage prices.

Google’s 68% price drop announcement:
http://techcrunch.com/2014/03/25/google-drops-prices-for-compute-and-app-engine-by-over-30-cloud-storage-by-68-introduces-sustained-use-discounts/

Amazon’s 65% price drop announcement:
http://techcrunch.com/2014/03/26/in-response-to-google-amazon-announces-massive-price-cuts-for-s3-ec2-and-rds/

Microsoft’s 65% price drop announcement:
http://techcrunch.com/2014/03/31/microsoft-azure-matches-amazons-price-cuts-and-introduces-new-basic-tier/

If you’ve been on the fence, this might just push you over.