Part 2: Optimize

In this part, you will gain an understanding of designing and achieving goals for optimizing cloud service usage and learn techniques for negotiating rates with cloud service providers to reduce costs. The part also covers leveraging strategies to make informed decisions between reservations and savings plans. To solidify your understanding, a case study is presented at the end.

This part contains the following chapters:

• Chapter 5, Hitting the Goals for Usage Optimization
• Chapter 6, Rate Optimization with Discounts and Reservations
• Chapter 7, Leveraging Optimization Strategies
• Chapter 8, Case Study – Realize Savings and Apply Optimizations