What customers describe to us

Four pain points. One alternative.

Every customer conversation we have starts with one of these four. Most start with two or three at once. On the 30-minute discovery call we figure out which one is hurting most, where the math works, and what the migration shape would look like — before anyone signs anything.

01 / Hyperscaler cost exit

"Our AWS bill grew thirty percent last year and our CFO wants answers."

Most enterprise cloud spend isn't elastic — it's a steady-state baseline running 24/7. File servers, databases, application tiers, dev/test environments, internal SaaS — sitting on top of pricing models built to capture peak. On the discovery call we diagnose which workloads belong on the hyperscaler, which belong on private cloud, and what the savings look like in writing. The customers we connect typically see roughly twenty percent reductions on like-for-like workloads, with no egress fees inside the network and no long-term commitments to renegotiate later.

  • Identify steady-state workloads worth repatriating
  • Model the cost delta on private cloud — in writing, with assumptions documented
  • Eliminate egress fees inside the network
  • Migration approach for VMware, Hyper-V, and native cloud workloads
What changes on day one
Pricing modelList + reservations
Egress chargesPer GB out
Commitment1–3 yr lock
On the network~20% lower
In-network egress$0
Commitment and BillingMonthly. None.
02 / AI/GPU capacity, on demand

"My ML team is on a GPU waitlist while my AWS bill keeps growing."

Hyperscaler GPU capacity is rationed by waitlists, regional shortages, and one-to-three-year reservations. AI teams are stuck paying for capacity they aren't using yet, or waiting for capacity they need now. RRDC connects customers to private dedicated GPU capacity in the network — provisioned in days, billed monthly, with the network throughput AI workloads actually need and the data locality that keeps training cost-effective.

  • Diagnose your real GPU consumption pattern — training, inference, or both
  • Recommend instance class and region based on workload profile
  • Connect to private dedicated GPU capacity — no reservation, no waitlist
  • Bring your own model, framework, and orchestration
Time to GPU capacity
Hyperscaler quota requestVariable, often weeks
Hyperscaler reservation1–3 yr commit
OEM hardware purchaseMonths, supply-dependent
On the networkDays
Billing modelMonthly
03 / VMware / Broadcom escape

"Our VMware renewal just tripled. We have nine months to figure this out."

Broadcom's VMware repricing has reset every infrastructure budget meeting in the industry. The question isn't whether to migrate — it's where to land. On the discovery call we diagnose your workload portfolio, identify what migrates cleanly to open-stack private cloud, and map a phased exit path that minimizes application reconfiguration. The target isn't another proprietary platform — it's open architecture that doesn't recreate the same lock-in problem somewhere else.

  • Open-stack target — no OEM lock-in, no proprietary configurations
  • 1:1 IP mapping minimizes application reconfiguration
  • Layer-2 security and private networking preserve existing topology
  • Phased migration framework: discovery → pilot → cutover
What changes after the exit
OEM dependencyZero
Proprietary licensingZero
Renewal renegotiationNone required
Network architecturePreserved (1:1 IP)
Migration approachPhased, parallel-run
04 / Beat the hardware lead time

"My hardware refresh is slipping every quarter and the components cost more each time."

Server (storage and memory) lead times stretched to six and nine months. GPU lead times stretched to three or four quarters. Component costs up, sometimes dramatically. If you're sitting on a hardware refresh that keeps slipping, RRDC diagnoses two options: bridge to private cloud capacity while you wait for OEM delivery, or replace the refresh entirely with consumption-based capacity. Same enterprise-grade hardware. None of the procurement.

  • Bridge to private capacity while you wait for OEM delivery
  • Or replace the capex refresh with consumption-based opex
  • Pay for what you use, monthly, with no long-term commitment
  • Avoid hardware obsolescence risk on volatile component cycles
Capex refresh vs. network capacity
Server lead time6–9 months
GPU lead time3–4 quarters
Up-front capexSignificant
On the networkDays to provision
Commercial modelMonthly. No commit.
Other workloads we connect on the network

Three more places enterprises are landing this year.

Adjacent use cases with their own buyer entry points and their own regulatory tailwinds. Same network, same engagement model, same starting point: a 30-minute discovery call.

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Air-gapped, immutable recovery environments in a network the production hyperscaler can't reach. The answer to the "where do we put our golden copy" question cyber insurance underwriters are now asking before they'll write a policy.

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Data sovereignty & residency

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M&A integration & divestiture

Stand up a parallel environment in days when you carve out a business unit, integrate an acquisition, or split infrastructure. No long-tail commitments. Tear it down when the transition is complete.

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Pick the pain point that hurts most. We'll diagnose the rest.

Thirty minutes. Bring your environment, your numbers, your top three workloads. Walk away with a written cost comparison and a migration shape — or with a clear "no, don't move this" if the fit isn't there. No engagement fee.

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