Cloud Optimization | Hokstad Consulting

Hybrid Cloud CI/CD: Tool Comparison

September 18, 2026 DevOps Management Cloud Optimization Compliance Management

Hybrid CI/CD assessment by deployment flow, self‑hosted execution, package governance, compliance and cost.

September 17, 2026 Cloud Computing Cloud Optimization Disaster Recovery Performance

DNS-based global load balancers prevent regional outages, reduce latency and unify multi-region services under one hostname.

September 16, 2026 Cloud Computing Cloud Optimization Compliance Management DevOps Management

Compare IAM models, conditional controls, logging and access reviews across AWS, Azure and GCP to pick the right cloud identity approach.

September 16, 2026 Cloud Optimization Cost Management DevOps Management

Send fewer, smaller and better‑routed events to cut cloud event costs—shrink payloads, cap retries, limit fan‑out and tighten retention.

September 15, 2026 Cloud Optimization Cost Management Resource Allocation

Size cloud commitments to the steady AI usage floor, favour inference, use 60–90 day baselines and stagger renewals.

September 12, 2026 Cloud Optimization Compliance Management Cost Management

Reduce GPU idle costs by running steady baseline capacity and bursting spikes to cloud; use spot GPUs, queue-led autoscaling and region controls.

September 11, 2026 Cloud Optimization Cost Management Resource Allocation

Ten practical steps to cut hybrid cloud spend: centralise visibility, rightsize compute, tier storage, curb egress and assign ownership.

September 11, 2026 Cloud Optimization DevOps Management Performance

Remove avoidable cross-cloud distance, scale on real signals, and unify observability to stop multi-cloud slowdowns.

September 09, 2026 Cloud Optimization Cost Management DevOps Management

Compare seven AI cloud-cost forecasting tools for finance, engineering and Kubernetes use cases.

September 08, 2026 Cloud Optimization Cost Management DevOps Management

Measure LLM costs by real workloads - prompt size, output, cache and cloud fees usually decide the monthly bill.

September 07, 2026 DevOps Management Cloud Optimization Performance

Compare 10 cloud SLA monitoring tools by uptime checks, alerting, latency views and pricing to find the right fit for your DevOps team.

September 06, 2026 DevOps Management Cloud Optimization Compliance Management

Send Azure DevOps audit logs to Sentinel for longer retention, alerts and joined investigations; compare ingestion paths and setup checks.