Continuous cost optimization as a never-ending process
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Cloud migration does not cut costs by itself — lift-and-shift doesn't save — and effective reduction requires platform design plus visibility from cost allocation tags and cost and usage reports tied to workload metrics. Cheap wins include spot instances and savings plans or reservations for predictable loads, next comes right‑sizing VMs and containers, then application changes that often halve cost when request latency halves. Optimization is iterative tooling plus dev SRE collaboration, not a one‑off project.
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