The discount is real and so is the option you are selling. The question is what your usage looks like in year three, and the honest answer for most teams is that they do not know.
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Your cloud provider offers a bigger discount for a three-year commitment. How do you decide?
The discount is real and so is the option you are selling. The question is what your usage looks like in year three, and the honest answer for most teams is that they do not know.
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