Intel Cloud Optimizer + Intel Optimization Hub Cloud Service Providers (CSPs) offer an ever-expanding array of instance types, ensuring that for any given workload there exists the perfect hosting option that matches the exact needs of that app or business service. But with this expansion comes an ever-increasing challenge to match the workloads to the …
Why Continuous Cloud Optimization? Implementing change in an organization always has its challenges, and for it to be successful it requires support from executive management. For one of our large Managed Service Provider (MSP) clients, their new CIO was focused on making their customer’s cloud consumption more efficient, with the outcome being cost savings. With …
Densify Wins Intel 2022 Partner of the Year for Software Innovation On May 11th, at Intel Vision 2022, Densify won Intel Partner of the year for Software Innovation. This award recognizes the impact of our jointly developed offering: Intel Cloud Optimizer (ICO).
Everyone is Struggling with Lengthy Lead Times for Server Procurement The global chip shortage, which began in 2020, continues as demand for semiconductor chips continues to far outpace production. Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger recently forecast shortages to be sustained through at least the remainder of 2022. As a result, IT operations teams at almost every …
Plan Kubernetes Memory & CPU Reservations Before Migration The benefits of containerizing workloads are numerous and proven. But, during infrastructure transformations, organizations are experiencing common, consistent challenges that interfere with accurately forecasting the costs for hosting workloads in Kubernetes (K8s). Planning the proper reservations for CPU and memory before migrating to containers is a persistent …
Is Your Cloud Truly Elastic or Just Expensive? A lot of people think that using the cloud makes you elastic, but cloud really only gives you the potential to be elastic. If your apps aren’t elastic, and your cloud usage doesn’t flex up and down based on activity levels, then it’s really just expensive. The …
For those of you who aren’t familiar with AWS CodePipeline, it’s a continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) framework that enables application development teams to deliver code updates more frequently and reliably. You may have also heard it being called a CI/CD or DevOps pipeline. These pipelines have always traditionally been used to deploy the …
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Beyond the N1 Machine Type Family For many years after the inception of Compute Engine on June 28, 2012 (GA December 2, 2013), N1 was the only Google Cloud machine type family offered. In many ways, the situation was similar to the advent of the Ford Model T, of which Henry Ford said, “Any customer …
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Cloud is a driving force that is reshaping organizations to adapt their people and processes in embracing this game-changing technology. Recently, Mike Fonseca of HashiCorp published a Guide to Cloud Cost Optimization with HashiCorp Terraform, in which he details how Densify can seamlessly integrate with Terraform in to help ensure your enterprise infrastructure is always …
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The Challenges to Automating Cloud Cost Optimization I’ve been writing about continuous cloud optimization for a while now, and recently, I’ve spoken with several organizations to understand any challenges they’re currently facing in their automation journey. Their insights would help us understand how we can improve our technology to better support them. I discovered two …
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