Category 03 of 09 · IT Stack Sourcing

Cloud / IaaS / Colo

Infrastructure without the lock-in surprise. Public cloud compute and storage, private and hosted cloud, and colocation space, power, and interconnection.

Cloud / IaaS / Colo, run as part of one managed stack.

SpearPoint sources this category across every major supplier through the national distributor network, negotiates it, and then manages it for the life of the contract — inventoried in SHELBY, reconciled monthly, renewed on purpose. Maximum impact from the spend, minimum vendor debt.

  • Workload mapping and placement: public, private, hosted, colo
  • Total-cost comparison including egress, commits, and exit terms
  • Colocation, private cloud, and managed hosting sourcing
  • Migration partner evaluation and oversight
  • Cost governance reviews against the roadmap

Typical trigger

  • Datacenter lease or hardware refresh decision
  • Cloud spend that outran the plan
  • DR and resilience requirements
  • Edge compute for distributed sites

C.L.E.A.R., applied to Cloud / IaaS / Colo.

Customer & Landscape

  • Outcome and KPIs before any supplier
  • Inventory of what you own, pay, and renew
  • Market read and live pricing benchmarks

Evaluation & Adoption

  • Shortlist of the two or three that fit
  • Weighted scorecard, benchmarked pricing
  • Negotiated terms, go-live oversight

Roadmap · in SHELBY

  • Monthly invoice-to-contract reconciliation
  • Renewal strategy 90 days ahead
  • Quarterly review with leadership
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SPEND

This spend can earn something back.

Cloud / IaaS / Colo bought as a service through SpearPoint is eligible spend. For a company, the rebate comes back to the IT budget; for an association, the dividend funds the mission.