This white paper explores how Akamai’s Project Cirrus reduced cloud costs while improving application performance and operational resilience. Facing rising public cloud expenses, Akamai migrated selected workloads to its own cloud infrastructure, achieving a 40% reduction in cloud spend in the first year and targeting 70% in the second, alongside faster queries, lower latency, and improved workload performance. The report outlines best practices for cloud optimization, including executive sponsorship, clear business objectives, holistic visibility into cloud usage, cloud-native design principles, and reducing vendor lock-in. It provides practical guidance for organizations seeking to optimize cloud investments while maintaining scalability, resilience, and business performance.

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