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
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
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
Third Party Optimization Tools Over AWS Native Tools ?
Each cloud service provider has a set of native management tools that address issues that cloud practioners report are the most common challenges they face on the cloud (especially as they begin to scale). On AWS for example, cost control and
The Basics of AWS Billing
Transparency in pricing and consistency in its application are a big part the AWS success story. Each service is priced individually, clearly listed on their web page. The only discounts available are for pre-booking and pre-paying for resources – typically
Optimizing Your VMware Cloud (VMC) on AWS Post-Migration
In our VMC first two blogs we looked at The overview of the planning process for VMC on AWS Discovering your on-premises IT infrastructure and doing basic analytics (i.e. lift-and-shift) In this post we talk about how HyperCloud Analytics provides two
Discovery and Migration Analysis for VMware Cloud (VMC) on AWS
This is the second of 3 blogs is focused on Migration Planning for a move from on-premise VMware to VMware Cloud on AWS (VMC on AWS): The first blog covers the overview of the process This one covers on the
Planning for VMware Cloud (VMC) on AWS
We just recently announced our listing on the VMware Solution Exchange! Re-architecting for the public cloud has never been easy, but with VMware Cloud on AWS, VMware customers now have an easier path to the public cloud. With recent price drops, VMC-AWS
Making Sense of AWS Reserved Instances
In our previous blog, we showed how EC2 Cost Optimization starts with choosing the right instances – (Start Smart) and continues with continuous data-driven Instance Optimization (Stay Smart). With that foundation in place, we will now focus on getting significant
AWS Instance Planning – Getting It Right the First Time Around
AWS instance planning strategy is crucial to your long-term cloud gains. Taking the time to understand and pick the right instances for your apps is well worth the time and effort as it will directly impact your AWS pricing and