3 Concepts Cloud Architects Overlook
InfoWorld, Friday, August 7th, 2026
Cloud architects must focus on unified control planes, cost observability, and team capabilities to avoid costly failures.
Organizations deploying cloud infrastructure frequently ignore fundamental engineering principles, producing escalating costs and operational complexity.
David Linthicum identifies three overlooked concepts: establishing common control planes across heterogeneous environments to reduce silos and redundant security tooling, implementing unified cost observability to track spending across providers, and accounting for human factors so teams have the skills to operate what is built.
Without these basics, architectures become expensive to maintain and difficult to run at scale.