Multi-Cloud Management: Benefits and Challenges
Over the recent couple of years, more businesses and organizations have switched from relying on a single cloud provider and started adopting multi-cloud environments. In fact, according to Virtana’s report, The State of Multi-Cloud Management, 82% of organizations are already leveraging a multi-cloud strategy, and 78% are currently running their workloads in more than three […]
What is Green Cloud Computing and Why is it Important?
Given the numerous benefits, from greater flexibility and scalability to cost-efficiency, among others, cloud computing has become a go-to approach for many IT organizations. In addition, using cloud infrastructure instead of on-premises data servers can have a significant positive environmental impact by dramatically reducing energy consumption and overall carbon footprint. In fact, this conclusion has been […]
AWS S3 Pricing Explained: How to Optimize Your AWS S3 Costs
Due to its scalability, durability and availability, robust data security, high-performance data transfer capabilities, seamless integration with other AWS services, and a bunch of other benefits AWS S3 has become a go-to cloud storage service for SMBs as well as large-scale enterprises with massive data storage needs. However, managing AWS S3 does come with certain […]
Unpacking AWS ECS Pricing Models to Trim ECS Expenses
Amazon Web Services (AWS) offers plenty of cloud services that cater to diverse computational needs. Among these, the Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS) stands out for its scalability, speed, and efficient container management. However, navigating the various pricing models and options can seem daunting. In this article, we’ll take a closer look at AWS ECS, […]
AWS EC2 Pricing: Your Cheat Sheet to Cost Efficiency
Amazon EC2 (Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud) is undoubtedly one of the most widely used AWS services across the globe. AWS EC2 pricing is based on several factors, such as the instance type, AWS Availability Region, the pricing model you choose, and many more. The abundance of different instance types, the variety of existing pricing models, […]
Cloud Cost Optimization: 12 Best Practices to Reduce Your Cloud Bill
As more organizations continue moving to the cloud environment and intend to increase their spending on cloud services in the following years, many are struggling to handle their cloud costs effectively. Considering that over 30% of cloud spend is wasted, which may translate to huge financial losses for businesses, no wonder cloud cost optimization becomes […]