The cloud’s dynamic environment can make cost allocation a complex task, especially when it comes to enterprises that need to maintain their business rules. A new approach to cloud monitoring should be considered in order to optimize the usage and cost of each specific business unit across an organization. Enterprises often use tags to organize… Continue reading >

Cloud vendor competition is heating up to include a pricing war and new feature offerings in the battle for your business. Amazon is the clear leader with over 8 years in the market with Azure following. But when a company like Google enters the arena, it seems that this race just sparked even further. Take… Continue reading >

We will be holding monthly educational webinars, starting from basic topics that we see as critical for businesses taking their initial steps in the cloud services world. Later on, we will hold webinars based on topics which our loyal audience will ask to learn about. Slideware will be covered by live examples which will demonstrate… Continue reading >

Let’s face it, when you think about cost aware applications and the cloud, the traditional IT approach just won’t cut it. That’s because when you run an application in a traditional data center, you allocate servers to it and plan for maximum capacity. For the most part, the servers do nothing, and are simply preparing… Continue reading >

It seems as if cloud offerings are becoming more complex by the day, beginning with the wide variety of available products and features all the way down to calculating their respective prices. With that, there are different types of packages for nearly everyone’s needs (i.e. usage parameters, startup aid, enterprise maintenance, etc…). Consequently, these options,… Continue reading >

In my last blog post, I discussed the importance of cost as an operational indicator for cloud efficiency and health. However, it is important to note that cost, alone, doesn’t reflect how effective your cloud is. Knowing that your business paid a certain amount one week and three times more the following week, is not… Continue reading >

All cloud vendors offer standard, one-size-fits-all service level agreements (SLAs) that cover aspects such as high availability, performance, security, response times, support, and so on. However, is what’s written on paper actually implemented in real life? Do you know if your cloud vendor violated any agreements? If your cloud management vendor doesn’t deliver, do you… Continue reading >