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Multi-Cloud Strategy in 2026: When It Pays, What It Costs, and How Switching Rules Are Changing
When using more than one cloud makes sense, what egress and staffing cost, lessons from the 2025 AWS outage, and the 2026 EU and UK rules on switching.

Cloud Migration Costs: Building an Honest TCO, Avoiding Data Transfer Traps, and Licensing
How to build a cloud migration TCO that holds up: what to count, data transfer and NAT charges, Microsoft and Oracle licensing rules, and when to stay put.

SaaS Spend Management: Finding Waste, Rightsizing Licenses, Beating Renewals
Zylo's 2026 data puts license utilization at 54%. How to find unused seats and shadow IT, handle notice periods and 2026 price rises, and report real savings.

Cloud Cost Governance: Guardrails, Budgets, and Ownership That Actually Stop Waste
How to govern cloud spend with preventive policies, budget actions, tagging rules, and commitment approvals, with AWS, Azure, and GCP examples and cost math.

Cloud Cost Optimization and FinOps: A Practical Guide for 2026
Where cloud waste actually hides, how to size commitments without overbuying, and how to run FinOps so savings stick. Includes worked AWS cost examples.