Part 1 – Building A Multi-Subscription Azure Savings & Score Card Report – Data Collection & Insights

Cost, it’s something that a lot of organisations struggle with when operating in the cloud. I have authored many posts on mechanisms you can take to reduce your costs, and they broadly apply across all the hyperscalers, but as they say, sunlight is the best disinfectant. The sunlight I am referring to is cost visibility. … Read more

Part 3 – Architectural Cost Optimisation – Practical Design Steps for Architects and Developers

Did you miss part one and part two of this this multi part series on ‘Cost Optimisation’? In part 3 of this multi-part blog series, I am going to cover, as per the title ‘Architectural Cost Optimisation’.In prior posts I have spoken about foundational primitives, what you can change and tune in the cloud without changing your … Read more

Part 2 – Infrastructure Cost Optimisation In The Cloud – Practical Design Steps For Architects and Developers

Did you miss part one of this one of this multi part series on ‘Cost Optimisation’? In part 2 of this multi-part blog series, I am going to cover, as per the title ‘Infrastructure’, but that’s a pretty wide remit. Stay tuned for further posts where I cover more progressive infrastructure topics, but in this … Read more

Cost Optimisation In The Cloud – Practical Design Steps For Architects and Developers – Part 1

Cost. I have been fortunate to work for and help migrate one of Australia’s leading websites (seek.com.au) in to the cloud and have worked for both large public cloud vendors. I have seen the really good, and the not so good when it comes to architecture. Cloud and cost. It can be quite a polarising … Read more