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Why Automatic Cloud Cost Optimization Isn't Enough

As the leader of a SaaS company, you’re just as busy as you are concerned with making sure your bottom line is as healthy as possible. There’s no denying that putting some aspects of cloud cost management on autopilot is a useful strategy. Most automated cost optimization platforms — one of our favorites is ProsperOps — use advanced algorithms to identify areas where you can find provider discounts or lower-cost alternatives to the resources you’re using now.

Analyzing GCP Costs with BigQuery: A How-To Guide

Effective Google Cloud Platform (GCP) cost management is an essential aspect of cloud administration, ensuring that resources are used optimally without overspending. Utilizing BigQuery for GCP cost analysis offers a comprehensive solution to understand and control your cloud expenses. The integration of GCP billing data into BigQuery allows for real-time analysis and detailed insights into your cloud spend.

Understanding Your Cloud Bill: A Beginner's Guide

Embarking on the journey of understanding your cloud bill can initially seem daunting, but grasping a few essential concepts and familiarizing yourself with common terminology can significantly demystify the process. At its core, cloud billing is the method by which cloud service providers charge for the resources and services that your business consumes.

How Technology Revolutionizes Postage Expense Management in Business

Are you having difficulty managing postage expenses? With technological advances, even post offices are taking a cue and modernizing to help businesses track their mail spending more efficiently. You no longer need to worry about sifting through piles of paperwork or sending out obsolete, unreliable invoices - new digital platforms provide a comprehensive solution for effective postage expense management. In this blog post, we'll uncover the benefits of utilizing today's state-of-the-art technologies to make sure your business remains profitable by minimizing postage costs.

5 AWS Tagging Challenges - And How CloudZero Solves Them

As an AWS user, you know how important it is that your organization understands what you’re spending and why. AWS is a tremendously powerful resource, and when you have complete visibility into the cost efficiency of your AWS environment, you can use it to remove many of the scaling obstacles that companies faced in the past.

CloudZero's New Logo: A Commitment To Finding Order Within The Chaos

In the last decade-plus, the cloud has undergone a torrid evolution. Born in 2006, the cloud didn’t face the same speed limits on evolution that we mortals do. Within years, the cloud had gone from competitive edge to competitive necessity; within a decade, specialized services like Kubernetes, Snowflake, and Datadog had emerged to help us use it more, more flexibly, and with a more data-driven strategy. As the cloud evolved at an exponential rate, so did the costs associated with using it.

How Extole Discovered and Saved 30% By Reducing Application Waste

Not every application has wasted capacity in it—or do they? Watch Ben Smith, VP Technical Operations at Extole, discuss how he discovered that there's around 30% of application waste within every running app, and how Extole went about saving that wasted capacity.

A Simple Guide To AWS Lambda Rightsizing

AWS Lambda can be an easy-to-implement solution for those looking for serverless application deployments and operations. However, how can you be sure that you are getting the most for your money when it comes to utilizing this service? This guide will explain some of the tools and resources at your disposal — whether you’re utilizing the AWS console, trying to optimize your code and design, or a combination of the two.