private, virtual or public

public it is.
its exciting always to talk to prospects on how their cloud strategy is trending. Invariably most are sold on AWS services , irrespective of new strategy changes like Zynga a.k.a zCloud which more or less depends on how big your cloud is & future projections.


keeping the same in mind Attribo Insights will move towards integration with OpenStack & VMWare primarily to give you a single window pane to measure & govern your on premises or public cloud.


End of the day the better informed you are the better you will succeed & we are passionate to make it happen for you.

Which is less expensive: Amazon or self-hosted?

better insights 

Earlier today, GigaOM published a cost comparison of self-hosting vs. hosting on AWS. I wanted to bring to your attention a few quick issues that we saw with this analysis:

Lower Costs in Other AWS Regions - The comparison used the AWS costs for the US West (San Francisco) Region, ignoring the fact that EC2 pricing in the US East (Northern Virginia) and US West (Oregon) is lower ($0.76 vs. $0.68 for On-Demand Extra Large Instances).

Three Year Reserved Instances - The comparison used one year Reserved Instances, but a three year amortization schedule for the self-hosted hardware. You save over 22% by using three year Reserved Instances instead of one year Reserved Instances, and the comparison is closer to apples-to-apples.

High Utilization Reserved Instances - The comparison used a combination of Medium Utilization Reserved Instances and On-Demand Instances. Given the predictable traffic pattern in the original post, a blend of High and Low Utilization Reserved Instances would reduce your costs, and still give you the flexibility to easily scale up and scale down that you don't get with traditional hosting.

read full blog at http://aws.typepad.com/aws/2012/02/be-careful-when-comparing-aws-costs.html

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Amazon Web Services (AWS), as the trailblazing provider of Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), has changed the dialog about computing infrastructure. Today, instead of simply assuming that you’ll be buying and operating your own servers, storage and networking, AWS is always an option to consider, and for many new businesses, it’s simply the default choice.... more 
http://gigaom.com/2012/02/11/which-is-less-expensive-amazon-or-self-hosted/

Cloud Insights & Governance

 What started as a curiosity has become a must have for plenty of mid to large companies. Start-ups are sold on the cloud story & in fact they see the benefits of using public cloud already. Amazon has been the key here with their AWS services. So be it virtual machines or elastic storage , we all are already hooked to it deeply.


Got an opportunity to interact with my fellow entrepreneurs & exciting to see the need for a holistic & simple to use Insights platform which can hook into your infrastructure of choice & make your day to day business life manageable & cost effective.


With regards to the same very happy to share with you more details about our Cloud Insights & Governance solution. Feel free to reach out to me on vinod at attribo or you can keep an eye on us via twitter @attribo


Would love to hear your thoughts on the same & also to simplify your cloud strategy for sure.