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Cloud Optimization

Blog posts in the Cloud Optimization category

Federated Kubernetes: Scheduling for Hybrid Cloud

Federated Kubernetes lets you treat multiple clusters as one, trading added complexity for cross-region resilience, compliance and burst-to-cloud capacity.

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Machine Learning on AWS, Azure, and GCP

Compare AWS SageMaker, Azure ML and GCP Vertex AI for framework support, tooling, cost and integration to pick the right cloud for ML.

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Cloud Networking Pricing Models Explained

Overview of egress, cross‑zone, CDN and private connectivity costs with practical tactics to reduce UK cloud networking spend.

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5 Feature Selection Methods for Cloud Spend Models

Compare five feature-selection methods to improve cloud cost forecasts, reduce complexity and boost accuracy.

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Top 5 Metrics for Cloud Cost and DevOps Efficiency

Measure five DevOps-focused cloud metrics—cost per deployment, unit cost, utilisation, deployment speed and MTTR—to cut cloud spend and boost delivery.

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Checklist for API Gateway Performance Tuning

Practical checklist to reduce API gateway latency and costs: connection reuse, compression, caching, tuning, monitoring and scaling.

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EKS Cost Optimisation with Spot Instances

Cut EKS compute costs using Spot Instances, Karpenter/Autoscaler, interruption handling and node strategies for resilient savings.

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Best Practices for Data Access Optimisation in DevOps

Embed observability, optimise queries, caching and storage, and add CI/CD checks and AI monitoring to cut latency and cloud costs in DevOps.

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Data Replication: Cost vs Performance

Compare replication strategies, storage tiers and network costs to balance performance with cloud expenses.

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Cloud-Native Services for FinOps Compliance

Automate tagging, budgets, policy enforcement and audit-ready reporting with cloud-native tools for FinOps compliance and cost control.

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Custom Strategies for Multi-Cloud Pricing Negotiation

Cut multi-cloud overspend with consolidated spend data, workload rightsizing, egress negotiations and flexible contract terms.

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Spot Instances vs Reserved Instances for CI/CD Scaling

Balance cost and reliability in CI/CD by using Reserved Instances for baseline capacity and Spot Instances for burst savings.

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