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 […]

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 […]

I have some friends who own Teslas and, while I’ve driven one, I’m not ready to own one. I go on too many road trips to worry about recharging. I shouldn’t be concerned as there are plenty of charging stations around the country but like many other traditional gasoline-powered car drivers, I suffer from “Range […]

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 […]

In the ongoing quest for your cloud business, Microsoft has responded to Amazon Web Services’ Reserved Instances with their own Azure Reserved Virtual Machine Instances. In both cases, customers can save a significant amount, typically more than 70%, by committing to a long term contract for use of computing instances. The VM Instances can be […]

In the past couple of weeks, Amazon, Google, Oracle and Microsoft have all made significant price changes that benefit customers. This is a testament to the competition and flexibility offered by the public cloud. Let’s look at each of the vendors and their respective announcements.   AWS For years, Amazon has been decreasing prices, with […]

Introduction Cloud computing environments offer customers access to seemingly endless amounts of computing resources to host their applications. While sheer scalability can help deliver a quality service to users, this ability does come with drawbacks. As an environment expands its computing resources, it becomes increasingly important to monitor how efficiently those resources are being utilized. […]

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 […]