Cloud Cost Optimization

Cloud providers are becoming increasingly aware of their customers’ chronic overspending. To combat this, major industry players such as AWS and Azure are offering FinOps tools in the form of inbuilt cost dashboards and paying to become a member of the FinOps Foundation. While their native FinOps tools can offer an initial window into the […]

Block Storage… Often an afterthought, yet crucial. Typically, we estimate our needs and triple them to avoid midnight ‘out-of-disk’ crises. But what if there’s a better, more economical approach? Join our webinar, hosted by Steven Puddephatt, Senior Solutions Engineer at Globaldots, with guest Nitin Bhadauria, Co-Founder at Lucidity to Explore a smarter way to cut […]

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the most established cloud vendor on the planet – its vast array of services increases every year, with a staggering 200 new offerings released in 2020 alone. These services offer businesses the ability to adjust resources based on demand – a cost-effective pay-as-you-go model and a global infrastructure for widespread […]

In the dynamic landscape of cloud computing, Kubernetes (K8s) has emerged as a cornerstone for container orchestration. There is no doubt that K8s clusters are effective, yet companies continue to grapple with the complexities of managing K8s clusters, especially in production. GlobalDots, recognizing this challenge, has curated a pioneering solution: a platform that transforms the […]

For organizations already well-established in the cloud, vendors such as AWS and Azure often bite large chunks out of annual revenue. Monthly cloud bills accumulate quickly  – the 5 biggest cloud vendors rake in a combined total revenue of over $80 billion a year, with Microsoft and Amazon claiming the lion’s share of over $20 billion […]

In 2023, Microsoft’s total annual revenue exceeded $211 billion for the first time ever. A key driving force was its intelligent cloud segment, which has retained its position as Microsoft’s powertrain since 2020. There’s no disputing that Azure has emerged as one of the most sought-after cloud offerings on the market. However, while Azure bolsters […]

Amazon is locked in the race against rising energy and infrastructure costs. Their per-instance pricing has halted its freefall after years of relentless reductions; at the same time, external pressures are threatening a big squeeze on organizations’ budgets. Identifying and understanding AWS spend is quasi-analytical – controlling it is wholly cultural. Unifying these requires fluency […]

Imagine navigating your digital ship through the turbulent seas of cloud storage management. One wrong calculation, and you’re either sinking under the weight of overprovisioning or losing speed due to performance hiccups. But what if there was a compass that could make this voyage smooth sailing? GlobalDots presents you with an Autoscaler that’s revolutionizing the […]

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Before widespread cloud adoption, the cloud’s major selling point was a reduction in computing costs. Today, however, many organizations find themselves mired in increasingly costly and complex cloud environments, even forcing industry leaders such as Nvidia back toward on-prem setups. The priorities upheld by DevOps throughout the last decade have played a major role in […]

Kubernetes, also known as K8s, is a container orchestration platform built on open-source principles. Offering a hard-hitting combination of container management and load balancing across multiple hosts, software developers are provided a major boon. Intricate deployment tasks can now be automated, accelerating development and release cycles.  As a result, Kubernetes is one of the fastest […]

Recently, Google announced substantial changes to its BigQuery service, which came into effect on July 5, 2023. This blog post is dedicated to helping you understand these modifications and the potential impact they could have on your GCP’s costs, thereby enabling you to make informed decisions during your FinOps journey.  Google BigQuery is an enterprise-level, […]