Cloud Optimization | Hokstad Consulting

EKS Cost Optimisation with Spot Instances

May 26, 2026 Cloud Optimization Cost Management DevOps Management

Cut EKS compute costs using Spot Instances, Karpenter/Autoscaler, interruption handling and node strategies for resilient savings.

May 25, 2026 DevOps Management Cloud Optimization Database Management Performance

Embed observability, optimise queries, caching and storage, and add CI/CD checks and AI monitoring to cut latency and cloud costs in DevOps.

May 24, 2026 Database Management Cloud Optimization Cost Management

Compare replication strategies, storage tiers and network costs to balance performance with cloud expenses.

May 22, 2026 Compliance Management Cloud Optimization Cost Management

Automate tagging, budgets, policy enforcement and audit-ready reporting with cloud-native tools for FinOps compliance and cost control.

May 22, 2026 Cloud Optimization Cost Management DevOps Management

Cut multi-cloud overspend with consolidated spend data, workload rightsizing, egress negotiations and flexible contract terms.

May 20, 2026 Cloud Optimization Cost Management DevOps Management

Balance cost and reliability in CI/CD by using Reserved Instances for baseline capacity and Spot Instances for burst savings.

May 20, 2026 Cloud Optimization Automation Cost Management

Plan, enforce and analyse AWS cost allocation tags with practical naming, governance, automation and reporting best practices.

May 19, 2026 Compliance Management Automation Cloud Optimization

Track, test and enforce versioned policy-as-code across AWS, Azure and GCP to simplify audits, prevent drift and reduce compliance risk.

May 18, 2026 Cloud Optimization Compliance Management Resource Allocation

AI forecasts demand to optimise multi-cluster Kubernetes scheduling—cutting cloud costs, improving GPU job throughput and enforcing UK data rules.

May 18, 2026 Cloud Optimization Cost Management Performance

How CDN charges work and how to cut bills: bandwidth, request fees, cache misses, regional pricing, optimisation and monitoring.

May 17, 2026 Cloud Optimization Cost Management Resource Allocation

Tactical guidance to reduce multi‑cloud spend: rightsizing, standardised tagging, centralised billing and egress optimisation.

May 16, 2026 Database Management Cloud Optimization Cost Management

Choose data access patterns by workload — how row, column, key-value, time-series and graph choices drive cloud costs and performance.