Since the emergence of cloud services, the choice of billing options has been one of the key advantages of cloud services over on-premises deployments. Instead of investing funds in hardware infrastructure and software licenses, regardless of whether they will be used or not, cloud billing offers you a “pay-as-you-go” model. This means that cloud customers […]

Cost management is typically the first issue people want to tackle when they enter the cloud. However, contrary to popular belief, cloud cost optimization is not a one-time fix. The most effective cloud cost management requires vigilance and a commitment to continual review as things change quickly and constantly with AWS. After our post on […]

Gaining Control of Your Cloud Costs Amazon Web Services (AWS) EC2 instance cost management is typically the first challenge people encounter when they migrate to the cloud. Unfortunately, there is no easy one-size-fits-all solution to stop over-spending on instances. Instead the most effective cost management requires vigilance and a commitment to continual review. Here are […]

The challenges associated with cloud computing have generated anxiety from the very start. The reasons for these anxieties vary, but over the past decade a significant amount of effort has been put into resolving them. As we begin 2018 it’s a good time to take stock of what’s been sorted, and what’s left to do. […]

Why Cloud Migration Is Slower in Asia-Pacific At the end of June, leading IaaS provider Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced a new cloud region in Hong Kong, which is scheduled to open in 2018. It will mark the latest expansion of public cloud services into the Asia-Pacific (APAC) area, coming hot on the heels of […]

Why Is Europe Slower to Embrace the Cloud? The data centre model of IT is in decline. Cloud computing is now mainstream. And organisations are reaping the rewards through business agility, cost savings, scalable infrastructure on demand and access to modern cloud-based technologies. However, despite the clear benefits, Europe is still lagging behind the US […]

There are many ways for organizations to be cost-efficient in the cloud. In particular, leveraging the breadth of services that AWS and its technology partners have to offer can help savvy IT teams make the most of their cloud investment. For instance, containers and microservices can support consistent, stable, scalable architecture so your organization can […]

As we often say, cloud management is an ongoing, proactive initiative. Ensuring costs are appropriately forecasted and accounted for can mean the difference between barely meeting budget and saving $2M in cloud costs. One public cloud expense that can sometimes lead to headaches in the finance department is due to data transfer fees—yet these are […]

Cost saving opportunities in the cloud come in many forms. From purchasing Reserved Instances to rebalancing and allocating instances, organizations have their work cut out for them in terms of optimizing cloud expenses. In addition to cloud compute options, organizations should consider their strategy when it comes to cloud storage. For instance, S3 can be […]

Although deploying applications in the cloud requires a certain skillset, those skills are presenting less of a hurdle these days. The evolution of technology and the availability of advanced tools are making the job of the cloud architect easier and easier. The skills needed to understand the underlying components for a cloud deployment can be easily […]