Blogs
How to Effectively Optimize Instance Sizes on AWS – A Step-by-Step Guide
The subject of optimizing instance sizes is one that most prudent AWS users often think about. However, they often do not possess the means nor the knowledge to carry out this task effectively. The truth is that there’s a certain degree of complexity that needs to be...
Effectively Manage Resources on AWS Using Amazon CloudWatch & the TrackIt Cost Management App
Amazon CloudWatch is a monitoring service for AWS cloud resources and the applications you run on AWS. CloudWatch gives users the ability to collect and track metrics, collect and monitor log files, set alarms, and automatically react to changes in AWS resources. The...
How Tagging Your Resources Can Help You Save Money on AWS
Tagging your resources on AWS is a topic that isn’t given the attention it deserves. Although it is something that might not seem like the most direct means of saving money on AWS, it helps generate the visibility necessary to effectively identify and manage resources...
Gamify Your Cloud Optimization Experience with CloudScore
Question: Is There a Way for Users to Accurately Measure the Effectiveness of Their Cloud Optimization Efforts? The challenge of cloud cost optimization on AWS is definitely not one that is uncomplicated or easily addressed. The complex diversity of optimization...
Reduce Your AWS Cloud Costs by Up to 50% with Reserved Instances
Of all the means available to AWS users who are looking to reduce their cloud spending, there is one that definitely ranks amongst the most effective - Reserved Instances. What are AWS Reserved Instances? A Reserved Instance is a reservation of resources and capacity...
How to Enable AWS Billing
For AWS users who are beginning to shift their focus towards optimizing their costs on AWS, there’s one step that’s absolutely essential for them to take to get started in their optimization journeys - Enabling AWS Billing. Enabling AWS Billing is the only means for...