FaaS[t] Growth with Serverless Computing: Cost Optimizing Your AWS Lambda
Self-scaling, highly-available, no infrastructure, a smaller attack surface, only pay for what you use – what’s to not love about Serverless Computing – or more precisely Function as a Service (FaaS). It’s the ultimate value proposition to a developer - upload your code to the cloud, let it run and only pay for the
Cloud Compliance Management: A Data-Driven Approach to Managing Risks in the Cloud
Risk management is a cyclically executed process that contains a series of co-ordinated actions and tasks that that are meant to oversee and control risks. In a cloud ecosystem, risk management has a much wider definition than traditional IT, you need a ecosystem wide framework for risk management. There is no doubt that the
AWS Reserved Instances: Don’t Just Start Smart, Stay Smart
In our previous blog we talked about starting smart: how HyperCloud Analytics recommends the appropriate instance type for your application. This blog we cover the topic that most organizations are oblivious to: continuous cost optimization. In other words, how do you stay smart with your Reserved Instance (RI) choices. How do you ensure you
AWS Tags. What Are They Good For?
Resource tags may seem unimportant or trivial as you get started on AWS. But as your estate grows tags are fundamental to operational scalability and managing sprawl in your AWS account. In this blog we go over some of the key reasons why you should spend that extra time tagging your AWS resources. Some
AWS Cost Explorer? Expect More From Your Cost Management Tools
AWS provides a free cost tool that can visualize the AWS cost and usage data (CUR), that is Cost Explorer. The CUR file has details on every AWS resource and is exposed to any third party tool as an API. So given that AWS already comes with a tool for cost visibility, why do you