Cloud
Why the bill grows, what to move and what to leave, and how to keep a way out of any platform you commit to.
Everything we have written on cloud
Why Your Cloud Bill Keeps Growing
Nobody decided to spend more this month. The bill went up anyway. Here is where the money actually goes, how to find it, and how to stop it coming back.
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Lift and Shift or Rebuild, and How to Decide
Moving a server as it is takes weeks. Rebuilding it takes months and sometimes never lands at all. Here is how to tell which systems deserve which treatment.
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What the Cloud Actually Means for a Small Business
No jargon and no sales pitch. What you stop buying, what you start renting, what stays exactly the same, and why the bill becomes a monthly conversation.
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Choosing Between AWS and Azure Without the Marketing
Both will run almost anything you have. The decision is settled by what you already run, what your team knows, and what your software vendors support.
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How to Plan a Move to the Cloud
Most cloud moves do not fail loudly. They stop halfway, leave a third of the systems behind, and cost more to run than either option would have.
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Having a Way Out Before You Move In
Lock in is real and mostly boring. It is your data format, your identity provider and the managed services with no equivalent elsewhere. Write these down on day one.
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Right Sizing, or Paying for What You Actually Use
Most cloud machines were sized by copying the old server's spec sheet. Here is how to measure real usage, when committing is worth it, and why autoscaling disappoints.
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Disaster Recovery That Works When You Need It
Recovery point and recovery time, explained in plain words. Why a backup you have never restored is a hypothesis, and what a real failover test looks like.
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When Not to Move to the Cloud
Sometimes the answer is no, and nobody selling cloud services will tell you that. Steady load, plant floor machinery, latency you cannot argue with, and data that cannot leave.
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Keeping Older Systems Running While the Rest Moves
Every business has one application that will never be rewritten. Here is where to put the boundary, how to connect the two halves, and how to stop hybrid becoming permanent.
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Backups You Can Actually Restore From
Backups are easy to buy and easy to believe in. Recovery is the part that has to be proved, and the only proof is a restore.
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Who Secures What, Once You Are in the Cloud
The provider secures the platform. You secure everything you put on it, and that is where nearly every incident happens. Here is what falls on your side of the line.
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