Welbon Omar Salaam
3 min readSep 17, 2024

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Welbon Omar Salaam — My charcoal sketch of a simplified cloud infrastructure, illustrating a minimalistic data center with a few essential servers
Welbon Omar Salaam — My charcoal sketch of a simplified cloud infrastructure, illustrating a minimalistic data center with a few essential servers

The Problem with Overcomplicating Cloud Solutions

Let’s get straight to it: too many businesses are tripping over themselves trying to implement cloud solutions that are unnecessarily complex. It’s a problem that cloud providers aren’t doing enough to solve. In fact, many of them push the very unnecessaries that leaves businesses stuck in analysis paralysis, drowning in jargon, and layering on systems they don’t even need. If you’re guilty of this, I’m here to help you rethink your approach and get back to what matters — making cloud infrastructure work for you, not the other way around.

The Root of the Problem

Here’s the thing: cloud providers love to sell you on complexity. They’ll offer you an endless menu of services, add-ons, and integrations that sound great on paper but end up being a nightmare in practice. Every fancy tool or feature adds another layer of decision-making, and before you know it, you’re tangled in a mess of options. The truth is, many businesses overcomplicate their cloud solutions because they’re sold on the idea that “more is better.” But when you’re running a business, that couldn’t be further from the truth.

Overcomplication Isn’t Strategy

Let’s be real — implementing too many unnecessary features and services doesn’t mean you have a great strategy. It means you’ve lost sight of your goals. Cloud…

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