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Blog posts in the Cloud Optimization category

AWS Support Plans Explained: Which One Fits?

Compare AWS Basic, Business, Enterprise and Unified Operations support — features, response times and pricing to pick the right plan for your workloads.

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Hybrid Cloud CI/CD: Cost Management Tips

Practical steps to reduce hybrid CI/CD costs: audit spend, right‑size compute, use spot instances, automate shutdowns and run quarterly reviews.

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Best Practices for Real-Time CDN Traffic Monitoring

Track cache hit ratio, TTFB and regional performance with edge logs, RUM and synthetic tests to detect issues, optimise delivery and cut CDN costs.

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Top 5 Traffic Shaping Tools for Progressive Delivery

Compare five traffic‑shaping solutions for progressive delivery, covering routing, canary/blue‑green strategies, observability and resource trade-offs.

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Cloud Audit Logging: Best Practices for 2025

Effective cloud audit logging—centralise, secure and automate logs to meet UK compliance, speed threat detection and preserve tamper-proof evidence.

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Benchmarking Cloud Platforms for Latency Performance

Compare AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI and DigitalOcean latency, network design and optimisation tips focused on UK performance for low‑latency workloads.

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Benchmarking Containers and VMs for Applications

Compare containers and virtual machines by startup speed, memory/CPU overhead, application performance, density and isolation to inform deployment choices.

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Impact of Network Latency on Multi-Cloud Applications

Explore how network latency harms multi‑cloud app performance and costs, plus fixes: private links, edge, HTTP/3, eBPF and latency‑aware schedulers.

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Architectural Patterns for Edge High Availability

Compare thin, thick, hybrid, hyperconverged and cloud-adapted edge architectures to build resilient, low-latency systems while managing cost and complexity.

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5 Features to Look for in Cloud Cost Auditing Tools

Compare cloud cost auditing tools by reporting, integrations, anomaly detection, scalability and policy-driven compliance to cut waste and improve visibility.

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How to Reduce Cloud Costs with Kubernetes Storage Management

Unchecked persistent volumes and default premium storage silently inflate cloud bills — right-size PVCs, use tiered StorageClasses and automate retention to stop the waste.

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Cloud vs On-Premises: Cost Comparison for Disaster Recovery

Cloud DR offers low upfront costs but higher long-term bills; on-premises DR needs big initial investment yet often lowers TCO for stable workloads.

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