Cloud Optimization | Hokstad Consulting

Cloud Bursting for AI Workloads

September 12, 2026 Cloud Optimization Compliance Management Cost Management

Reduce GPU idle costs by running steady baseline capacity and bursting spikes to cloud; use spot GPUs, queue-led autoscaling and region controls.

September 11, 2026 Cloud Optimization Cost Management Resource Allocation

Ten practical steps to cut hybrid cloud spend: centralise visibility, rightsize compute, tier storage, curb egress and assign ownership.

September 11, 2026 Cloud Optimization DevOps Management Performance

Remove avoidable cross-cloud distance, scale on real signals, and unify observability to stop multi-cloud slowdowns.

September 09, 2026 Cloud Optimization Cost Management DevOps Management

Compare seven AI cloud-cost forecasting tools for finance, engineering and Kubernetes use cases.

September 08, 2026 Cloud Optimization Cost Management DevOps Management

Measure LLM costs by real workloads - prompt size, output, cache and cloud fees usually decide the monthly bill.

September 07, 2026 DevOps Management Cloud Optimization Performance

Compare 10 cloud SLA monitoring tools by uptime checks, alerting, latency views and pricing to find the right fit for your DevOps team.

September 06, 2026 DevOps Management Cloud Optimization Compliance Management

Send Azure DevOps audit logs to Sentinel for longer retention, alerts and joined investigations; compare ingestion paths and setup checks.

September 04, 2026 Disaster Recovery Cloud Optimization DevOps Management

Compare active-active and active-passive multi-cloud Kubernetes: cost, RTO/RPO, data consistency and team impact for UK organisations.

September 03, 2026 Cloud Optimization Cost Management DevOps Management

Compare trend, seasonality, release-driven and AI forecasting to keep cloud spend within actionable error ranges.

September 02, 2026 DevOps Management Cloud Optimization Performance

Instrument Kubernetes with OpenTelemetry: six end-to-end tracing patterns, propagation rules, Collector options and common break points.

September 01, 2026 Cloud Optimization Cost Management Performance Resource Allocation

Compare cost‑optimised, performance‑optimised, balanced and static AI allocation strategies to align latency SLOs, utilisation and spend.

September 01, 2026 Cloud Optimization Cost Management Resource Allocation

Model cloud spend in GBP using cleaned billing, driver-based forecasts and four reusable scenarios to defend budgets.