The Challenge Fusion PPT, an IT consulting and system integration firm headquartered in Vienna, VA, serves a worldwide client base. This means that they need to both stay up-to-speed on the latest IT trends and tools, while also keeping internal costs and maintenance time low so they can focus on their customers. The cloud allows Fusion the agility they need to support their customers and incorporate emerging ideas into their solutions. Don Magrogan, CTO of Fusion PPT, said that the amount they were spending on Amazon Web Services (AWS) was starting to become a financial strain. In the past, the burden was on the developers to spin down instances when they were finished using them, which was often a secondary task when they were

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