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• Infrastructure & Cloud OperationsMay 6, 2026

  The Hidden Cost of Zombie Infrastructure: How HHS Agencies Can Reclaim Cloud Efficiency in 2026

  For the Chief Architect in April 2026, cloud efficiency is no longer a supporting concern; it is a primary pillar of asset integrity. Within the HHS ecosystem, where data sensitivity meets massive scale, legacy lift-and-shift migrations have created a compounding byproduct. Orphaned infrastructure accumulates silently across federal enclaves: unattached EBS volumes, idle load balancers, forgotten VMs. At Avalon, we treat this waste as more than a budget leak. It is an unmonitored attack surface that requires systematic remediation, not periodic cleanup.

  By Avalon

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• Infrastructure & Cloud OperationsApril 29, 2026

  The $24M Secret: How Agencies are Reclaiming 30% of Their Cloud Budget

  Federal agencies are paying a hidden “Sprawl Tax” that most leadership teams never see on the books. Organic cloud growth is necessary for mission agility, but left ungoverned, it compounds into systemic waste. Federal cloud spending reached $8.3 billion in FY2025, nearly doubling from $4.4 billion in 2020. This means the waste problem is scaling at exactly the same rate as the investment. At Avalon, we treat cloud waste not as an IT oversight but as a strategic leak of mission-critical capital. We replace cloud bill shock with predictable governance, using forensic transparency to identify and eliminate technical debt before it compounds.

  By Avalon

  FinOps

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