Prevent Amazon Bill Shock
February 26, 2012
Before jumping into cloud-based search and content processing, it is smart to check out your friendly sticker shock preventer.
Uptime Software has announced a new product, uptimeCloud, which monitors and forecasts costs for Amazon Web Services. The product helps users avoid “sticker shock” by allowing them to monitor usage throughout the month. By calculating existing charges and making projections, users can track and predict costs, and can even set alarms when a bill is exceeding a user’s set budget. The article on Wired Cloudline, “Avoid Amazon Cloud Bill-Shock With uptimeCloud,” tells us more about the software:
‘Cost is the key driver in moving the cloud and, at the same time, cost uncertainty is the cloud’s biggest barrier and risk for companies. uptimeCloud completely removes that risk,’ Alex Bewley, CTO of uptime software, said in a statement. ‘uptimeCloud is the first solution to offer this type of service with this level of graphical visualization and simplicity.’
In response to the service, Amazon says they are happy to work with those who want details of analyses and is focused on lowering infrastructure costs. However, unless you are fully comfortable in taking Amazon’s word for it, you should probably check out the prediction software.
We find Amazon’s price creep interesting. The firm is struggling to keep its costs under control in its quest to compete with Apple, kill off WalMart, and dominate the video and book content business. Caveat emptor?
Andrea Hayden, February 26, 2012
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