By Autumn Salama, Vice President, Platform and Business Operations, DataBank For years, a cloud-first strategy helped guide enterprise modernization, with public cloud often the preferred destination for new applications and infrastructure investments. Increasing security demands, changing licensing costs, and new AI computing requirements are prompting IT leaders to evaluate workloads individually. The choice depends on what each workload needs and whether the team responsible for it can provide the necessary support. Workload-specific architecture considers performance, …