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Cloud Costs Are Out Of Control - Stop Wasting Money

January 09, 2025 • Synextra • Season 1 • Episode 16

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Cloud cost management is a challenge for many businesses, with 91% of organisations admitting they’re wasting money in the cloud. In this episode of Experts in Polo Shirts, Ryan Tracey and Matt Dyson tackle the most common reasons cloud bills spiral out of control and discuss strategies for effective optimisation.

What are the top three reasons for wasted cloud spend? Lack of skills, overprovisioned resources, and idle assets are costing businesses thousands. Join us as we discuss the actionable steps you can take to reduce your Azure price tag, from addressing hidden costs in storage and backups to using reserved instances, scaling plans, and better governance.

Whether you're struggling to manage your cloud bills or want to ensure your environment is optimised for efficiency, this episode is packed with practical advice to help you control costs and boost your ROI.

#CloudCostManagement #AzureCostManagement #CloudCostOptimisation

Chapters
00:00 Introduction
00:58 3 top reasons for wasting money on cloud
02:21 Addressing the skills gap
03:19 Over provisioning: the on-premises mentality
10:10 Idle and underused resources
11:29 Monitoring systems: what we do
16:17 Who is responsible for Cloud Cost Management?
19:14 Business forecasts and IT budgets
20:20 Retention on backups
22:24 Why reducing redundancy might be a bad idea
24:54 Converting to PaaS
25:58 Committing Technical Resource
27:09 Saving plans and reserved instances
29:57 The Importance of Preplanning
32:29 Company buy-in
35:27 Developer resources and subscriptions

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