Enterprise EC2 CPU utilization distribution showing majority of instances below 20% average utilization.

Cloud Rightsizing: Cut Cloud Waste 30-50% Without Guessing

Most cloud bills are inflated by 20-40% before a single optimization decision is made. The reason is simple: teams provision based on peak estimates, not actual workload behavior. Cloud rightsizing is the ...
Pricing table with four columns: Instance type, ap-northeast-1 on-demand (USD/hr), us-east-1 on-demand (USD/hr), and JPY monthly cost for 20 instances at USD/JPY 150. Rows: m7i.2xlarge ($0.4320 vs $0.3648), r7i.2xlarge ($0.5400 vs $0.4536), c7i.2xlarge ($0.3520 vs $0.3026), t3a.large ($0.0952 vs $0.0832), db.r8g.xlarge Multi-AZ ($0.656 vs $0.480). Bottom row shows 1-year No Upfront Compute Savings Plan reduces ap-northeast-1 m7i.2xlarge from $0.4320 to $0.2717/hr (37% saving). Annotation: for 20 m7i.2xlarge instances, annual Savings Plan saving in JPY terms is approximately ¥22.8 million at USD/JPY 150, illustrating why commitment purchasing functions as a partial JPY hedge.

10 Best Cloud Cost Optimization Tools in Japan (2026)

Japan is one of the most strategically important cloud markets in Asia Pacific. AWS has committed ¥2.26 trillion (approximately $15 billion) to Japanese infrastructure through 2027, and the ap-northeast-1 (Tokyo) region serves ...
A Lot Can Happen In The Cloud: Multi-Cloud Environment and its Optimization Challenges

A Lot Can Happen In The Cloud: Multi-Cloud Environment and its Optimization Challenges

Although some features of the cloud are pretty attractive, there exist some that aren’t so attractive but are add-on features that make it highly complex to manage the cloud regularly. Let’s uncover ...