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Cloud Optimization

Blog posts in the Cloud Optimization category

Cross-Cloud CI/CD Pipeline Setup

Build once and deploy the same artefact across AWS, Azure and GCP using Kubernetes, Terraform, GitOps and short‑lived identities.

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Cloud Cost Audits vs. One-Time Assessments

Compare one-time cloud cost assessments with recurring audits to pick the right model for control, governance and saving over time.

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Aligning Deployment Metrics with Revenue Goals

Link DORA metrics to revenue, cost and risk with shared tagging, unit costs and finance-aligned dashboards.

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Hybrid Cloud and Federated Identity

Pick the identity model that cuts risk and admin: cloud SSO for most, OIDC for workloads, unified IAM for mixed estates.

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How Automation Improves FinOps Cost Allocation

Automate tags, billing exports and allocation rules so every pound is assigned, unallocated spend drops and AAI reaches finance-grade 95%+.

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Service Mesh Overhead: Measuring Resource Costs

Measure service mesh CPU, memory and telemetry overhead, convert deltas to monthly £ and reduce costs by scope, proxy and telemetry tuning.

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Custom Observability: Solving Hybrid Cloud Challenges

Standardise telemetry, cut log costs and noisy alerts, and speed incident diagnosis across hybrid cloud with a custom observability layer.

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Top 5 Tools for Cloud Commitment Optimisation

Automation alone won’t cut it — choose tools that match your cloud mix, buying process and finance controls to maximise commitment savings.

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Hybrid Cloud Storage Costs: Tips to Save

Hybrid cloud storage costs balloon from poor placement, excess transfers and snapshot sprawl — baseline, tier and automate to cut spend.

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Data Sync vs. Replication: Key Differences

Compare data sync and replication: use two‑way sync for shared live records; use one‑way replication for uptime, failover and read scaling.

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Service Mesh Resource Costs: Optimisation Guide

Measure and cut service mesh compute and observability costs by scoping the mesh, right-sizing sidecars and trimming telemetry.

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Scaling CI/CD: Lessons from Enterprises

Enterprises speed delivery and cut costs by standardising pipelines, embedding policy-as-code, and enabling teams.

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