Cloud Optimization Resources
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Video Cloud Cost Optimization with NTT DATA & Densify Cloud costs are creating budget challenges for many organizations. NTT DATA and Densify show how large enterprises have achieved public cloud cost savings in the region of 30 to 60%. -
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Poster 12 Risks of K8s Resource Management See the effects of risks in your kubernetes environment. - eGuide
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Video FinOps Tools: Supercharge Your Investment Augment the benefits of your FinOps tools by learning how to take advantage of the 85%+ of cloud savings potential that lies within optimizing what cloud resources you buy. -
Video The Dangers of Unspecified Kubernetes Resources Watch this 20-min video to learn the value of setting container requests and limits in order to avoid the the dangers of unspecified K8s resources. -
Article Intel Optimization Hub Learn how Intel Cloud Optimizer + Intel Optimization Hub work together to deliver next level workload to infrastructure matching. -
Video Navigating and Optimizing within the Sea of Azure Instance Types Watch this 20-min video to learn how Intel and Densify can help you find waste and performance improvements in the cloud quickly. -
Video Cut Your Cloud Burn with Intel and Densify Watch this 20-min video to learn how Intel and Densify can help you find waste and performance improvements in the cloud quickly. -
Video The Path to Continuous Cloud Optimization Watch this video to learn how you can build or enhance your own optimization program. -
Article The Path to Continuous Cloud Optimization Learn how a large MSP focused on making their customer's cloud spend more efficient, with the outcome being cost savings using Densify. -
Article Densify wins Intel Partner of the Year for Software Innovation Learn about the ICO program and how your organization may qualify for funding by Intel. -
Video Terraform Kubernetes Continuous Optimization Watch this demo to learn how you can implement Terraform K8s continuous optimization. -
Video Leverage the Best Technology Available from Your Favourite Public Cloud Vendor(s) Watch this demo to learn how to use AWS, Azure & GCP's full instance catalog to the max. -
Video Keep Up with The Latest Innovations in Public Cloud Watch this demo to learn how to use AWS, Azure & GCP's latest instances effectively. -
Video 12 Kubernetes Risks Watch this demo to learn how to identify and resolve the top 12 risks to cost and performance in Kubernetes. -
Article Surviving the Server Chip Shortage Learn tangible steps for enabling your business to survive the long lead time for servers that stem from the chip shortage. -
Video Visualizing Kubernetes Cost & Performance Risks Learn how you can visualize the spread of risk in your Kubernetes nodes, pods, and containers. -
Video FinOps: Reducing Hidden K8s Financial Risks Identify and reduce financial risks in your Kubernetes and OpenShift environments. -
Video Visualize K8s & OpenShift Resource Performance & Cost Risks See how to transform a mountain of CPU and memory utilization metrics into actionable intelligence. -
Article Predicting Kubernetes Costs Learn how to simulate and analyze a variety of infrastructure transformation options to prepare for your Kubernetes project. -
Video Bulletproofing Your Kubernetes Build Get strategies for integrating CPU and memory quota optimization into your Kubernetes build process. -
eGuide Kubernetes Autoscaling Learn key K8s concepts like VPA, HPA, Cluster Autoscaler, workloads, load balancing, taints, and tolerations. -
Video FinOps for Engineers Learn how to ensure app performance while managing cloud costs. -
Video K8s Resource Optimization Strategies Learn 3 reasons your Kubernetes resources require optimization and how you can find out which aspects of your K8s deployment and underlying nodes are at risk. -
Article The World Needs More Phrases Ending In “Ops” How capacity operations can take your cloud and Kubernetes from “expensive” to a nirvana of true elasticity. -
Video How to Optimize Your Kubernetes Operations Strategy Learn how to identify and remediate gaps in DevOps and FinOps strategies for K8s deployments as part of an operational function. - Datasheet Intel Cloud Optimizer Solution Brief The Intel Cloud Optimizer helps organizations choose the best-fit public cloud instances for every workload, continuously—and Intel covers the cost when you get started.
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Video Streamlining Your Cloud & Container Optimization Reports Watch this 30-minute training on streamlining and customizing your optimization reports. -
Video Enabling Continuous Cloud Capacity Optimization Learn why capacity management is critical to cloud infrastructure strategies and how it can be automated through DevOps practices. -
Video Cloud & Container Cost Optimization & Control Learn how scientifically resourcing your cloud and container workloads can drive 50%+ savings and ensure optimal performance. -
Video Scaling & Automating DevOps in AWS Learn how to scale and automate AWS DevOps practices to achieve greater agility, efficiency, and cost savings. -
Video 3 Critical OpenShift Capacity Management Tactics Learn how to automatically configure OpenShift resource limits for memory and CPU. -
Video Using Helm to Optimize Your Kubernetes Resources Learn to automatically configure your K8s container resource specifications for optimal cost and performance with Helm. -
Video Optimizing OpenShift Container Infrastructure Control your Red Hat OpenShift costs and performance by optimizing and rightsizing your container infrastructure. -
Video Vendor-Native Cloud Cost Optimization Tools When and how to use free FinOps tools from AWS, Azure, and Google to optimize your cloud infrastructure. -
Article Optimizing AWS with CodePipeline CI/CD & CloudFormation Use CloudFormation and CodePipeline to implement optimizations as part of your CI/CD process. -
Video Solving the #1 FinOps Challenge Experts from the FinOps Foundation and Densify will present 3 strategies for addressing the #1 cloud and containers financial management challenge. -
Video Enterprise FinOps Case Study See how Autodesk implemented their enterprise FinOps practice on a foundation of Densify recommendations -
eGuide Guide to Kubernetes Read best practices for managing Kubernetes, and learn about AWS EKS, Terraform, Helm, kOps, and other critical tooling. -
eGuide Guide to FinOps Utilize this best practices framework to build your FinOps practice. Includes examples and tutorials. -
Video 3 Critical Elements for Cloud Cost Optimization Success Learn how to address the root cause of cloud and container cost excess in a way that enables cross-functional FinOps collaboration. -
Video Hybrid Cloud Capacity Management at FIS Watch how FIS combines Terraform with ServiceNow and Ansible to modernize their hybrid cloud deployments with Densify providing capacity management. -
Video How to Embed Cloud Cost Optimization into DevOps Learn how to enable DevOps-driven continuous cloud cost automation within your enterprise. -
Video The Value of Kubernetes & Cloud Cost Analysis Andrew Hillier describes how cost analysis for Kubernetes and public cloud empowers good FinOps and DevOps hygiene and helps enterprises save big. -
Podcast Episode OpenShift Cost Management Learn why cost management through FinOps is critical to enterprise success in the cloud and how Densify is helping to rightsize OpenShift costs. -
Video Advanced FinOps with HashiCorp Terraform Learn how to automate cloud financial management using HashiCorp Terraform and Densify. -
Article Choosing Google Cloud Compute Engine Machine Types Learn how to select the best Compute Engine machine for each of your GCP workloads. -
Article Cloud Cost Optimization with Terraform See how HashiCorp removes silos to enable successful cloud DevOps + FinOps. -
Video Optimizing OpenShift Resources Watch how Raiffeisen optimizes their OpenShift container resources using a Jenkins-powered CI/CD pipeline. -
Video Achieve Greater AWS Performance with AMD Learn why it is important to choose the right processors for your AWS instances. -
Video Training: Keys to FinOps Collaboration Learn how to build robust FinOps collaboration practices, integrating people, procedures, and tools to effectively manage cloud costs. -
Video Training: 10 FinOps Cloud Cost Optimization Strategies Learn ten fundamental strategies for instilling successful FinOps and optimizing your cloud costs. - Datasheet Enterprise OpenShift Cost Optimization & Control Take control of your OpenShift costs and performance with container resource optimization from Densify.
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Video Collaborative Cloud Cost Optimization with Slack & Microsoft Teams See how increasing collaboration between DevOps and business stakeholders yields greater cloud cost savings. -
Video Deconstructing Amazon EC2 Instance Types Learn how and when to use each of the most common AWS EC2 instance types. -
Article Control Continuous Cost Optimization with ITSM Change Management How to achieve ITSM-controlled continuous cloud optimization and improve resource utilization to reduction in cloud costs. -
Video AWS/Densify Solution Demo: ITSM-Controlled Cloud Cost Optimization See how ServiceNow and Jira can control advanced, automatic rightsizing of your AWS cloud infrastructure. -
Video Demo: Rightsizing Cloud Infrastructure at Scale Learn how to leverage automation and optimization analytics to strategically right size your enterprise cloud infrastructure. -
Video How Predictive Analytics Match Resources to Hybrid Cloud Workloads See how Densify builds a detailed predictive model of your workload’s demands, enabling resource optimization. -
Video Tagging Your Cloud Resources in Densify Watch how effective cloud resource tagging enables cloud cost and performance optimization. -
Video Continuous Cloud Optimization through IaC See how to enable continuous optimization of your cloud infrastructure for cost and performance. -
Video How to Assess Level of Effort when Optimizing Infrastructure See how your enterprise can assess level of effort and prioritize rightsizing projects. -
Video ServiceNow & Jira-Controlled Cloud Optimization See how ITSM can control advanced, automatic rightsizing of your cloud infrastructure. -
Video Justifying Infrastructure Optimization to App Owners Learn how to include application owners in your cloud optimization strategy. -
Video Azure Optimization Demo: Cost Control, Visibility, & Automation Learn practical steps to gain visibility, reign in spend, and automate the optimization of your Azure cloud. -
Reference Architecture Architecture for Public Cloud Optimization An automated, ITSM-driven optimization workflow for public cloud. -
Reference Architecture Architecture for Container Infrastructure Optimization An automated, ITSM-driven optimization workflow for container environments. -
Article Tutorial: How to Scale OpenShift Container Resources using Ansible -
Article Guide to Managing AWS Auto Scaling Groups -
Video Re-Architecting the Densify SaaS Application for Kubernetes How Densify re-architected our lift-and-shift cloud application to leverage Kubernetes and run across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud. -
Article Tutorial: How to Deploy OKD Minishift onto a Publicly-Hosted VM -
Article How to Continuously Optimize Your AWS Resources with CloudFormation Continuously optimize your AWS resources using CloudFormation CLI and AWS Parameter Store to drive automation. -
Video Red Hat + Densify Training: Automated Container Optimization & Control See how your organization can get automated control over hybrid infrastructure resources with Densify and Red Hat. -
Article When to Use AWS Graviton2 Instances | Amazon EC2 Guide -
Analyst Report Gartner Advice for Managing & Optimizing Costs Read Gartner’s guidance for management and optimization of public cloud. -
Analyst Report Gartner Framework for Selecting Cloud Management Platforms & Tools Read Gartner’s guidance for step-by-step development of a cloud management strategy. -
Video How to Optimize Your Cloud Costs & Performance with AMD EPYC | Training See how AMD and Densify can help you achieve higher cloud performance with significant cost savings. -
Article Cloud Autoscaling Explained | Complete Overview of Scaling in the Cloud -
Article 3 Cloud Service Management Challenges | Advice for Enterprises -
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Article 5 Urgent Cloud & Container Management Challenges -
Video 5 Ways to Achieve High Cloud Elasticity at the Lowest Cost | Free Training Featuring Forrester Forrester Research helps present a framework for addressing key challenges facing teams running apps in the cloud. -
Datasheet CI/CD Best Practices for Resourcing Container Infrastructure See how to extend and enhance the CI/CD pipeline you use to manage your apps to ensure your containers are always properly resourced -
Video Densify & Shadow-Soft | Watch Video Learn how Densify and Shadow-Soft help businesses deliver next-generation infrastructure through best-in-class management of cloud and containers. -
Video Gaining Cloud Cost Visibility | Watch Video Learn how Veristor uses Densify to deliver deep visibility into public cloud infrastructure costs for their customers. -
Video Solve Your Top 10 Cloud & Container Challenges Learn the right way to overcome the 10 most common cloud and container challenges - Datasheet Our Cloud & Container Resource Management Platform Densify advanced hybrid cloud and container resource management fully automates the resource management process.
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Video When to Use Amazon EC2 T3 Instances for Your App Learn when to use AWS T3 instances for hosting your application workloads. -
Video Extracting Cloud Resource Recommendations via API See how you can extract Densify cloud resource management and optimization recommendations via REST API -
Video Automated EC2 Instance Selection via AWS CloudFormation Watch how you can automatically select the best EC2 instance type and size for your apps and workloads. -
Video Configuring EC2 Auto Scaling for Performance & Efficiency See how you can make the most of Auto Scaling with ML-informed instance and group configuration parameters. -
Video How to Ensure Application Performance | Analyst Presentation Guest Forrester Research explains app performance best practices for Operations teams. -
Video How Verisk Achieves Cloud Migration & Continuous Optimization with Densify Learn how Verisk transformed their data centers to the cloud and optimize continuously with Densify. -
Video The Cloud Management Market Opportunity Hear about the market opportunity as cloud and container management becomes critical to success across all enterprises. -
Video Cloud & Container Resource Management in a Nutshell Learn how to save money while optimizing your cloud and container deployments automatically. -
Podcast Episode Getting Your Cloud Infrastructure to Work for You | The Doppler Cloud Podcast How to buy cloud services more strategically and keep bills under control. -
Article How to Unite All Business Stakeholders with Cloud Management -
Video Automated Container Resource Optimization Demo Take control of resource allocations with machine learning and automation to continuously manage container sizing. -
Video Managing Container Resources for Cost & Performance Machine-learning-powered container resource management automates the process of resource selection for your container environments. - FAQ How Can You Automate Cloud Optimization? Learn how your business can automate the cloud optimization process continuously.
- FAQ What Makes Cloud Optimization Products Different? Learn about the major differences in sophistication between cloud management and optimization solutions.
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Article Make the Most of AWS Auto Scaling to Maximize Performance & Reduce Costs - FAQ Cloud Optimization & Data Security Learn what data protection concerns exist with cloud optimization and management solutions.
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Article Ensure Your Kubernetes Containers Have Optimal Resource Request & Limit Values - FAQ Why is Cloud Optimization Important?
- FAQ What Public Cloud Service Providers Exist? What are the major public cloud service providers and which can be optimized?
- FAQ What is Continuous Cloud Optimization?
- FAQ Which On-Prem Technologies Should be Optimized?
- FAQ What is Machine Learning for Cloud? Find out how machine learning and AI apply to cloud management.
- FAQ What is Container Optimization? Learn how modern container infrastructures can be optimized for performance and cost.
- FAQ What Cloud Optimization Security Vulnerabilities Exist? Learn how cloud optimization vendors secure their solutions and resources.
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Video Continuous Cloud Optimization with theCUBE at AWS re:Invent -
Video Educational Presentation: How to Optimize Your Cloud in the Era of Infrastructure as Code -
Article Your Cloud Utilization Sucks! | How to Increase Cloud Resource Utilization - Article Machine Learning Makes Selecting Cloud Instances Possible for TechOps
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Article Amazon EC2 T3 Instances: When to Select Them for Your Workloads - Datasheet Densify for Technology Refresh Densify's scenario modeling capabilities enable the fastest and safest infrastructure transformations.
- Datasheet Densify for Cloud Migration Planning Compare hosting environments, assess workload suitability, and rightsize cloud instances.
- Datasheet Densify for Software Licence Control Reduce software licensing requirements in on-premises and bare metal cloud infrastructure by an average of 55%.
- Datasheet Densify for Optimal App & Workload Hosting Decisions Route apps and workloads to the best hosting environment based on fit-for-purpose criteria.
- Datasheet Densify for AWS Cloud Optimization Machine learning keeps your AWS cloud forever optimized.
- Datasheet Densify for Optimizing On-Premises Infrastructure – PowerVM
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Podcast Episode Techstringy Tech Interviews Podcast: Optimising the Public Cloud with Paul Stringfellow & Andrew Hillier - Datasheet Imagine: Self-Optimizing Apps in AWS
- Article Cloud Optimization & the FIFA World Cup
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Video Cloud Optimization Via Automation - Article Why Self-Optimizing Apps Are the Future of Cloud
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Video Amazon EC2 Instance Optimization as Code -
Video Analyst Webinar Recording: How to Manage Dynamic Application Resource Needs in the Cloud - Article Cloud Computing Sticker Shock Should End, Now!
- Article Stay Ahead of Public Cloud Service Changes
- Video Enable Your Cloud Apps to Become Self-Optimizing
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Video How to Match Application Demands with Public Cloud Products -
Video Factors to Consider for Cloud Optimization - Video Proactive & Realtime Automation Capabilities
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Video Mike Woeller Talks Managing Public Cloud Challenges -
Video How eSentire Achieves Cost Optimization for Public Cloud Workloads with Densify -
Video Connect Your Cloud & Get Started with Your Densify Experience - Video 3 Ways to Reduce AWS & Azure Costs
- Video Why Multicloud Strategies Require Hybrid Capacity Analytics
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Video How to Minimize Risk During Migrations to AWS, Azure, & Other Public Clouds - Article Relational Database Services – Not Quite as Simple as They Seem
- Article Standard or Custom Cloud Instances? How to Decide?
- Article Why Saving 30% on Your Cloud Deployments May Be a Bad Deal
- Article Auto-Scaling Cloud Applications: Practice is Harder Than Theory
- Article How to use container stacking to drive cloud savings of 80%
- Article Using Containers to Reduce Public Cloud Costs
- Article What Today’s Overburdened Cloud Architect Needs to Succeed
- Article Right-sizing Public Cloud Instances Can Cut Costs 20%-40%
- Article Solving the Cloud Placement Puzzle Requires Science – Not Guesswork
- Article Is Your Cloud Approach the Right Approach?
- Article How to Eliminate Deadwood in AWS, Azure, & Google Cloud Platform Without Risking Disaster
- Article How to Modernize Public Cloud Instances to Stop Leaving Money on the Table
- Article Why Controlling Public Cloud Costs is so Difficult & What to Do About It
- Article How to Size Your Cloud Instances for Memory
- Article How to Avoid the Sneaky (and Costly) Public Cloud Instance “Bump-Up” Loop
- Article How to Choose the Right Public Cloud Instances to Reduce Costs and Optimize App Performance
- Article Lowering Public Cloud Cost without Loading Up on Risk
- Article Best Practices for Cloud Migration: Step One is Qualifying Candidates
- Article IDC joins Densify to examine the role of Hybrid Capacity Analytics in Multicloud Strategies
- Article Why Capacity Control is Essential in Hybrid Cloud Environments
- Article How Analytics Address the Biggest Challenges in Public Cloud Adoption
- Article Best Practices For Cloud Migration: How to get it right