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How to Save Money with AWS Scripting | Method #4 to Save Money on AWS
So far in the “How to Save Money on AWS” series, we’ve looked at three ways to save using different AWS purchasing options. Today, let’s look at the first way outside of AWS: scheduling on/off times...
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How to Save Money on AWS with ParkMyCloud | Method #5 to Save Money on AWS
Today, we reach the fifth and final post in our series of ways to save money on AWS. Way #5 to save is… ParkMyCloud! Read on, or watch the video version of this post: ParkMyCloud is purpose-built to do...
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You Snooze You Win: How ParkMyCloud Users Got Creative to Maximize AWS Cost...
I’m sure that most people have heard of the Law of Unintended Consequences. How often have we seen some new technology or gadget with promise be used for more nefarious purposes? For example, I am...
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If Your CFO Hasn’t Already Told You to Control AWS Costs, He’s About To
You made the obvious move and migrated to Amazon Web Services (AWS). Months later, the attractive glow of the move from CapEx to OpEx spend has been dimmed by the reality of increasing monthly AWS...
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10 Things You Should Know About AWS Cost Optimization | Results from the...
We asked you: what are your AWS cost optimization priorities? The survey results are in! Here’s what we found. 1. Compute services dominate spend. Almost half (48%) of the AWS spend reported was on EC2...
View ArticleGive your AWS instances July 4th off.
July 4th! Time to power down and take off. Sun… fun… family… and AWS servers running all weekend. Wait, what? That’s right… leaving your non-production instances on wastes hundreds or even tens of...
View Article5 Ways to Control Your AWS Spend (or, How to Make Your CFO Happy)
Our CTO, Dale, presented the other day on 5 Ways to Control Your AWS Spend (or, How to Make Your CFO Happy). Check out the recording below, and comment if you have any questions we didn’t already...
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How Tristar Medical Group Uses ParkMyCloud to Serve Doctors – Cost-Efficiently
Below is the transcript of an interview we had with Dewald Botha, Chief Technology Officer of Tristar Medical Group, about how he and his team use ParkMyCloud to schedule servers according to the needs...
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5 Reasons to Turn Off Your Cloud Servers When You’re Not Using Them
When you spin up a cloud computing server, the easiest thing to do is to leave it running. In fact, it’s easy to forget it’s running at all. Don’t do this! Non-production servers – those used for...
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Foster Moore Balances Cloud Governance, Cost, and User Freedom with ParkMyCloud
We spoke to Bobby Chan, System Engineer and Melanie Metcalfe, Project Support Manager, at software development company Foster Moore about their AWS use and how they’re managing costs and cloud users...
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