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6 Cost Optimization Strategies on the AWS Cloud
Cloud adoption has skyrocketed over the last decade. Organizations in every industry now recognize the benefits of migrating to a platform like Amazon Web Services (AWS) – serverless infrastructure , unlimited scalability, pay-as-you-go pricing, and much more. However, many are struggling to control costs and achieve the ROI initially hoped for in making the transition.
The reason is that adopting cloud infrastructure doesn’t automatically guarantee lower TCO and operating costs. Engineering teams have to make thoughtful decisions about how they access compute, memory, and other services over the web. Fortunately, AWS offers many solutions to help companies stay on top of their cloud expenditures and cut costs wherever possible. The key is knowing how to take advantage.
Below are 6 strategies cloud engineering teams can use to start cutting costs on AWS today:
We cover each of these strategies in more depth below.
Eliminate Unused or Underutilized Resources
Many organizations on the cloud have unused and underutilized resources, such as inactive virtual machines or idle data storage. Identifying and eliminating these underutilized resources is a quick and easy way to reduce costs. Two great places to start are Amazon EBS volumes and Amazon S3 usage.
On the Amazon EBS front, look for instances of low utilization, like where volumes experience <1 IOPS per day over a week period. AWS Trusted Advisor can inspect EBS volume configurations and quickly point out underused volumes. When it comes to Amazon S3…
Continue reading to find out how to improve your organization’s AWS cloud cost structure.
Take Our Short Cost Optimization Survey For a Chance to Win $25
We’d love to get your take on cloud cost optimization. Complete our short survey (it takes just 6 minutes) for a chance to win one of four $25 Amazon gift cards.?
Did You Know?
64% of companies said “cost management and containment” is their biggest concern with running cloud big data technologies and applications. Pepperdata .
Meanwhile, cloud costs are higher than expected for 6 in 10 organizations, according to? CloudZero.
Tales From the Trenches
Canoe Intelligence Revamps Cloud Production Infrastructure and Reduces Costs by 25%
Canoe Intelligence didn’t have enough internal engineering capacity to execute a production infrastructure migration within AWS. ClearScale helped Canoe design a new production infrastructure and complete the migration without any hiccups. Within a few weeks, Canoe saw its infrastructure costs come down by 25%, and its DevOps engineers had more time on their hands to focus on higher-value activities. Read more .
Bloomreach Modernizes Cloud Infrastructure and Reduces IT Costs with AWS Refresh
Bloomreach wanted to modernize and optimize its cloud environment, which it had not updated in many years, with new AWS features and services. ClearScale helped the company identify areas of improvement across its architecture and implement AWS best practices to take advantage of big data, containers, auto-scaling, and more. Bloomreach’s IT infrastructure is now more scalable, reliable, and secure, and the company was able to reduce cloud expenditures by 25%. Read more .??
Quotable
"With the cloud, IT is no longer a product, it is a service. The pay-as-you-go model holds the promise of saving money using the cloud. Efficiency and savings can be achieved, given, the attention is paid to cloud cost optimization.” - Ludmila Morozova-Buss?
?Technology Trends?
6 Cost Optimization Strategies on the AWS Cloud?
Cloud adoption has skyrocketed over the last decade. However, many organizations that move to the cloud are struggling to control costs and achieve the ROI initially hoped for in making the transition. Fortunately there are strategies that cloud engineering teams can use to start optimizng costs. Read the Article
4 Key Approaches to Kubernetes Cost Optimization
Container technology and Kubernetes are gaining popularity for modern application development. However, Kubernetes can be costly if not used effectively. Therefore, it’s useful to know how you can achieve Kubernetes cost optimization. To that end, here are four key tactics. Read the Article
5 Key Approaches to Cost Optimization on Amazon ECS and AWS Fargate?
Amazon ECS and AWS Fargate are two popular AWS container-related services. However, many users of the AWS Fargate / Amazon ECS combination are overspending for what they need. In this post, we cover 5 strategies for cost optimization on Amazon ECS and AWS Fargate costs. ? Read the Article
Featured Cloud Resource
For many companies, running workloads in public clouds has been more expensive than anticipated. According to reports, 32% of cloud spend is wasted, and 82% of IT and cloud decision-makers report having “unnecessary” cloud costs.
Best Practices for AWS Cost Optimization takes a close look at cloud cost optimization strategies, particularly in regard to AWS compute and storage. It gives specific guidance on how you can get a better handle on your cloud spend and receive a solid ROI on your cloud infrastructure.
Learn From the Experts
Cloud Cost Optimization: Strategies and Best Practices for Maximizing Savings
Running workloads in the cloud has become more expensive than anticipated for many companies. Fortunately, reducing costs, cutting waste, and boosting performance are easy on AWS. Join ClearScale Lead Solutions Architect (and AWS Ambassador) Anthony Loss to learn how to leverage a wide range of AWS cost and resource optimization tools.
Learn More About Cloud Cost Optimization
Want to know more about how to optimize your AWS cloud costs? Visit ClearScale’s Cost Optimization on the Cloud webpage.?
Take Our Short Survey For a Chance to Win $25
Now we’d like to get your feedback on cloud cost optimization. Take just 6 minutes to complete our survey and you could win one of four $25 Amazon gift cards.?
The ClearScale Value Guarantee
ClearScale understands that many businesses today are dealing with limited IT budgets and challenging economic times. That’s why we are excited to share a new solution that can help: The ClearScale Value Guarantee program.? ClearScale guarantees that we provide the best value of any AWS Premier Tier Services partner in the US when it comes to cost, outcomes, AWS funding, quality, and expertise.?
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6 Cost Optimization Strategies on the AWS Cloud
Cloud adoption has skyrocketed over the last decade. Organizations in every industry now recognize the benefits of migrating to a platform like Amazon Web Services (AWS) – serverless infrastructure , unlimited scalability, pay-as-you-go pricing, and much more. However, many are struggling to control costs and achieve the ROI initially hoped for in making the transition.
The reason is that adopting cloud infrastructure doesn’t automatically guarantee lower TCO and operating costs. Engineering teams have to make thoughtful decisions about how they access compute, memory, and other services over the web. Fortunately, AWS offers many solutions to help companies stay on top of their cloud expenditures and cut costs wherever possible. The key is knowing how to take advantage.
Below are 6 strategies cloud engineering teams can use to start cutting costs on AWS today:
We cover each of these strategies in more depth below.
Eliminate Unused or Underutilized Resources
Many organizations on the cloud have unused and underutilized resources, such as inactive virtual machines or idle data storage. Identifying and eliminating these underutilized resources is a quick and easy way to reduce costs. Two great places to start are Amazon EBS volumes and Amazon S3 usage.
On the Amazon EBS front, look for instances of low utilization, like where volumes experience <1 IOPS per day over a week period. AWS Trusted Advisor can inspect EBS volume configurations and quickly point out underused volumes. When it comes to Amazon S3…
Continue reading to learn how to improve your organization’s AWS cloud cost structure.
Take Our Short Cost Optimization Survey For a Chance to Win $25
We’d love to get your take on cloud cost optimization. Complete our short survey (it takes just 6 minutes) for a chance to win one of four $25 Amazon gift cards.?
Did You Know?
64% of companies said “cost management and containment” is their biggest concern with running cloud big data technologies and applications. Pepperdata .
Meanwhile, cloud costs are higher than expected for 6 in 10 organizations, according to? CloudZero.
Tales From the Trenches
Canoe Intelligence Revamps Cloud Production Infrastructure and Reduces Costs by 25%
Canoe Intelligence didn’t have enough internal engineering capacity to execute a production infrastructure migration within AWS. ClearScale helped Canoe design a new production infrastructure and complete the migration without any hiccups. Within a few weeks, Canoe saw its infrastructure costs come down by 25%, and its DevOps engineers had more time on their hands to focus on higher-value activities. Read more .
Bloomreach Modernizes Cloud Infrastructure and Reduces IT Costs with AWS Refresh
Bloomreach wanted to modernize and optimize its cloud environment, which it had not updated in many years, with new AWS features and services. ClearScale helped the company identify areas of improvement across its architecture and implement AWS best practices to take advantage of big data, containers, auto-scaling, and more. Bloomreach’s IT infrastructure is now more scalable, reliable, and secure, and the company was able to reduce cloud expenditures by 25%. Read more .??
Quotable
"With the cloud, IT is no longer a product, it is a service. The pay-as-you-go model holds the promise of saving money using the cloud. Efficiency and savings can be achieved, given, the attention is paid to cloud cost optimization.” - Ludmila Morozova-Buss?
?Technology Trends?
6 Cost Optimization Strategies on the AWS Cloud?
Cloud adoption has skyrocketed over the last decade. However, many organizations that move to the cloud are struggling to control costs and achieve the ROI initially hoped for in making the transition. Fortunately, there are strategies that cloud engineering teams can use to start optimizing costs. Read the Article
4 Key Approaches to Kubernetes Cost Optimization
Container technology and Kubernetes are gaining popularity in modern application development. However, Kubernetes can be costly if not used effectively. Therefore, knowing how to achieve Kubernetes cost optimization is useful. To that end, here are four key tactics. Read the Article
5 Key Approaches to Cost Optimization on Amazon ECS and AWS Fargate?
Amazon ECS and AWS Fargate are two popular AWS container-related services. However, many users of the AWS Fargate / Amazon ECS combination are overspending for what they need. In this post, we cover 5 strategies for cost optimization on Amazon ECS and AWS Fargate costs. ? Read the Article
Featured Cloud Resource
For many companies, running workloads in public clouds has been more expensive than anticipated. According to reports, 32% of cloud spend is wasted, and 82% of IT and cloud decision-makers report having “unnecessary” cloud costs.
Best Practices for AWS Cost Optimization takes a close look at cloud cost optimization strategies, particularly in regard to AWS compute and storage. It gives specific guidance on how you can get a better handle on your cloud spend and receive a solid ROI on your cloud infrastructure.
Learn From the Experts
Cloud Cost Optimization: Strategies and Best Practices for Maximizing Savings
Running workloads in the cloud has become more expensive than anticipated for many companies. Fortunately, reducing costs, cutting waste, and boosting performance is easy on AWS. Join ClearScale Lead Solutions Architect (and AWS Ambassador) Anthony Loss to learn how to leverage a wide range of AWS cost and resource optimization tools.
Learn More About Cloud Cost Optimization
Want to know more about how to optimize your AWS cloud costs? Visit ClearScale’s Cost Optimization on the Cloud webpage.?
Take Our Short Survey For a Chance to Win $25
Now we’d like to get your feedback on cloud cost optimization. Take just 6 minutes to complete our survey and you could win one of four $25 Amazon gift cards.?
The ClearScale Value Guarantee
ClearScale understands that many businesses today are dealing with limited IT budgets and challenging economic times. That’s why we are excited to share a new solution that can help: The ClearScale Value Guarantee program.? ClearScale guarantees that we provide the best value of any AWS Premier Tier Services partner in the US when it comes to cost, outcomes, AWS funding, quality, and expertise.?