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Cloudyn nets $4M to assess your cloud(s)
The cloud monitoring company will use new funding to delve even deeper into customer cloud deployments and optimize them.…
Read MoreCloudability sees a new high for cloud spending, showing more cloud market momentum
Cloudability is reporting that it's managing $500 million worth of cloud deployments. That's a big number, and it points to the continuing growth of the public-cloud market.…
Read MoreAmazon staffs up to give Trusted Advisor more powers
AWS has big plans for its Trusted Advisor and other enterprise support offerings but giving more metrics to customers will irk third-party service partners.…
Read MoreMore fun facts about AWS usage, this time from Cloudyn
Companies like Cloudyn want to make Amazon Web Services less of a mystery to its users, but they have lots of competition -- including from Amazon itself.…
Read MoreCloudability tool gives Amazon customers more detailed, custom looks at their cloud costs
Cloudability says its new AWS cost analytics tool can handle the deluge of hourly cost data Amazon churns out and help customers nip budgeting and other usage problems in the bud.…
Read MoreLook out below! Amazon offers free trial of Trusted Advisor monitoring tool
A month-long free trial of the Amazon Web Services' monitoring and alerting tool has to spook a raft of smaller companies offering similar services.…
Read MoreCloudyn says it exposes hidden Amazon storage costs and you’d be surprised how big they are
Do you know how much Amazon storage you're using? Do you really? Cloudyn says it can tell you the real data and recommend ways to cut costs.…
Read MoreAmazon watcher Newvem starts charging to monitor your cloud
Examining Amazon Web Services usage is a cottage industry for a dozen or so startups. One of them, Newvem, has offered its service free to select customers. Now that the service is broadly available, it's time to monetize.…
Read MoreWanna track your Amazon cloud costs? Here’s another way to do so
Cloudyn and Scalr give joint customers a better look at what's going on in Amazon Web Services; Apptio launches a free service to help customers optimize loads on AWS, Azure and Rackspace clouds.…
Read MoreNewvem makes its Amazon analytics available
Newvem has tested its analytics with customer data for 8 months and says its key finding is that customers need to hear how use of Amazon services will make them more profitable. Saving money is one thing, making money is better.…
Read MoreCloudability says it pinpoints actual Amazon cloud spend
Cloudability says its analytics can cut your overall cloud services cost. Available now for Amazon Web Services, support is coming for other major cloud service providers, A raft of companies have sprung up to help companies get a better grip on their cloud spend.…
Read MoreThe new cloudonomics or how you can spend less and get more with cloud
Commoditization of the cloud may never happen, because like the hotel industry, there are too many variables that will matter. Some people will pay more for compute in a specific geographic location and even for computing on a specific day.…
Read MoreNewvem adds Amazon S3 storage analytics to its roster
Newvem, which already kept taps on Amazon EC2 instances, is now adding S3 storage to the services it monitors and analyzes for customers. The goal is to help them pick the right storage tier for their different data sets, Newvem president Zev Laderman said.…
Read MoreRackspace launches cloud monitor
Rackspace CTO John Engates said the company's new monitoring service, based on its Cloudkick acquisition two years ago, will give customers a better way to monitor the performance of their cloud resources. As more companies consider cloud deployment, tools like these are becoming essential.…
Read MoreAmazon sets sights on cloud cost sprawl
The beauty of Amazon Web Services is they're easy to set up and run. The problem with those services is they're easy to set up and run. Now Amazon is offering companies a better way -- with a little prep work -- to track those costs.…
Read MoreCloudability nets $8.7M to manage more cloud spending
Cloudabilty, the Portland, Ore.-startup that seeks to help companies manage their spending across clouds, just landed $8.7 million in Series A funding. The round was led by The Foundry Group and included contributions from 500 Startups, Trinity Ventures and ad firm Wieden + Kennedy.…
Read MoreCloudability tool tracks Amazon reserved instances
Cloudability's new Reserved Instances Explorer helps companies keep track of and best utilize their discounted Amazon reserved instances even across accounts. The tool can search Amazon EC2 instances by size, region, operating system and expiration date.…
Read MoreHow collective intelligence is reshaping systems management
Big data has always had a place in the world of systems management, but it's sweet spot might be in the cloud. Especially with a new model such as cloud computing, there could be a real value in learning from what your peers are doing.…
Read MoreNewvem calls in Dome9 to harden Amazon cloud workloads
Newvem, the feisty Israeli startup that made waves pointing out just how vulnerable (or badly configured) many customers' Amazon EC2 cloud instances are, is taking steps to remedy that situation by partnering with Dome9, a security SaaS provider.…
Read MoreAmazon adds billing alerts to cloud services menu
Amazon cloud services may be cheap, but even those small charges can add up. Following a raft of third-party companies that offer AWS monitoring services, Amazon has stepped up to offer its own proactive billing alerts for Cloudwatch customers that enable it.…
Read MoreNewvem nets $4M to scan Amazon’s cloud
Newvem, the Israeli startup that's making a name for itself analyzing Amazon Web Services usage for potential customers, netted $4 million in Series A funding led by Greylock Partners. Index Ventures and Eric Schmidt's Innovation Endeavors are also participating.…
Read MoreNewvem pulls back the curtain on Amazon cloud usage
Newvem, the startup that aims to help companies make the most out of their Amazon Web Services instances, has some new data that might shock the Amazon faithful. A high percentage of AWS users are paying for way more compute power than they need.…
Read MoreAPIs & data dominate TechStars Cloud demo day
Eleven startups building the "plumbing of the internet" presented today for the TechStars Cloud demo day, and the common thread running through them all was making it easier to build app-like products and services as well as an obsession with data. Plus one cool consumer startup.…
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