Cloud cost

A Reserved Instance (RI) is a type of pricing option for certain cloud computing services, such as Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure. When you buy a reserved instance, you are committing to using a...

A well-worn expression meaning “don’t ignore the small savings as they will soon add up to make large savings”.

This is particularly true when it comes to Cloud cost optimisation. It is all too easy to use Cost...

It is great to see a different take on cloud cost optimisation in this ITProToday article from last week[1] – the author has some great ideas on how you can amplify the results of your cloud cost optimisation...

Not my responsibility?

People, often quite naturally and for many varied reasons, avoid doing tasks. Whether it is thinking about a particular problem, doing something they find uninteresting or time consuming, or...

While the global move to cloud-based infrastructure has delivered undoubted benefits in security, storage and scalability, it’s also brought with it the risk of spiralling costs as companies struggle to adequately...