Cloud Optimization | Hokstad Consulting

5 Steps to Integrate GitOps with CI/CD

DevOps Management Automation Cloud Optimization

Five steps to integrate GitOps and CI/CD: build and tag images, commit manifests, use a GitOps operator, enable auto-sync and rollbacks.

Cloud Computing Cloud Optimization Disaster Recovery Performance

Narrow SLA definitions and capped credits can leave your business exposed—use this checklist to verify uptime, support and enforcement.

DevOps Management Cloud Optimization Cost Management

Break down the financial and operational costs of building IaC in‑house and learn lower‑risk alternatives.

DevOps Management Cloud Optimization Compliance Management Performance

Unified logs, metrics and traces to cut hosting costs, reach 99.9% uptime and reduce MTTR from 45 to 8 minutes.

Cloud Optimization Cost Management DevOps Management

Standardise billing, enforce tagging and set real-time alerts to stop multi-cloud cost errors and reduce unexpected spend.

DevOps Management Cloud Optimization Performance

Low-cost distributed tracing for Kubernetes using object storage and a no‑index architecture; integrates with Prometheus and Loki.

DevOps Management Cloud Optimization Performance

Compare Consul and Istio on platform support, traffic control, observability, resource use and when to choose each.

Cloud Optimization Cost Management Performance

GPU hourly rates in 2025 varied up to 10× by region and provider; spot pricing, egress and co-location drive 2–5× savings.

Cloud Optimization Automation Cost Management Performance

Build vendor reporting frameworks with KPIs, automation and AI to cut cloud costs, boost delivery and reduce incidents.

Cloud Optimization Automation Cost Management

Unify AWS, Azure and GCP billing into GBP, automate tagging and currency conversion, and integrate with ERP for accurate finance reporting.

Cloud Optimization Cost Management Resource Allocation

Monitor RI utilisation and coverage with Cost Explorer, Budgets and CUR; centralise purchases and set alerts to reduce wasted cloud spend.

DevOps Management Cloud Optimization Performance

Latency and resource comparison of Istio, Linkerd and Consul — Linkerd leads in speed, Istio in features, Consul suits HashiCorp/hybrid setups.