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Episode Summary:

• Introduction to the podcast, Cloud Reset, focusing on "Straight Talk and Real Solutions" for IT decision-makers.

• Hosts Jonathan Staff and Naran McClung discuss their combined decades of experience in the Australian IT industry, including both vendor and customer perspectives.

• The importance of transparency and honesty when working with Managed Service Providers (MSPs) and vendors, especially regarding pricing and service value.

• A deep dive into vendor lock-in and its impact on businesses, highlighting the Broadcom takeover of VMware as a real-world example.

• Discussion on how businesses can avoid vendor lock-in by focusing on cloud portability and multi-platform strategies to remain agile and competitive.

• Real-life stories from the IT frontlines, illustrating challenges with cost optimisation and risk management in cloud environments.

• The rising pressure on CFOs in IT decisions, especially around managing cloud costs and ensuring compliance with emerging regulations.

• Insights into managing large-scale IT projects, including the need for flexibility in responding to sudden price hikes or industry disruptions.

• Advice for business and IT leaders: redefine what "good" looks like by measuring workload portability and cloud agility.