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The Aimably Way

Structuring Cloud Infrastructure for Long-Term Cost Efficiency

A Success Story from Simpro Group

With Aimably's assistance, we reduced cloud costs to just 1.57% of annualized recurring revenue, beating benchmarks across our private equity owner's portfolio.

The Aimably Way

Building a Culture of Cost Accountability

PerfectServe’s Cloud Cost Transformation

With Aimably, we brought cost management in-house, developed a cloud financial center of excellence, and streamlined operations in advance of EDP negotiation.

The Aimably Way

I Thought I Had Seen It All in Cloud Cost Reduction, Until I Met Aimably

A Success Story from Employ

With Aimably, we leveled-up our team's knowledge and achieved an additional 20% savings, on top of the 23% we had already gained through deep architecture work.

The Aimably Way

Optimizing AWS Costs Without Sacrificing Growth with Aimably

A Success Story from Air

With Aimably, we reduced AWS spending by 24% over the course of three months and elevated our gross margins by nearly 10% – all without writing any code.

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AWS Total Cost of Ownership

Navigating S3 Intelligent-Tiering Pricing:

What You Need to Know

When setting up your account it’s easy to see why S3 Intelligent-Tiering pricing is such an attractive option. What's the problem?

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AWS Total Cost of Ownership

Estimating Future S3 Costs With a Pricing Calculator:

Being able to predict costs is a core principle behind budgeting. That’s why it’s so important to estimate future S3 costs.

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AWS Total Cost of Ownership

10 Practical Tips for Managing AWS S3 Costs

You know the pricing plans. You know that you’re paying too much. Yet, no matter what you do, actually managing AWS S3 costs is a nightmare.

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AWS Total Cost of Ownership

Unraveling the Mystery: Understanding Amazon S3 Pricing

7 pricing plans. Multiple tiers in most of those 7 plans. That is the nightmare of trying to understand Amazon S3 pricing.

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AWS Total Cost of Ownership

AWS Cost and Usage Report vs Cost Explorer:

Detail, Visibility, and the (Secret) Better Option!

You need to know your AWS costs inside and out to optimize your operations. You need to know the pros and cons of AWS Cost and Usage Report vs Cost Explorer.

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AWS Total Cost of Ownership

What AWS Pricing Calculator Is, and How to Use It

With no commitment required, AWS Pricing Calculator is one of the most powerful (and easy to use) native AWS tools for seeing what your setup would cost you.

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AWS Total Cost of Ownership

Cost Reduction for AWS:

The Complete Guide

Nobody wants to pay more than they have to. Why should that be any different for cost reduction in AWS?

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AWS Total Cost of Ownership

What They Are and How to Reduce Them

AWS costs can be a nightmare to understand, let alone optimize. This post will solve all of those problems, worries, and difficulties.

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AWS Total Cost of Ownership

What Is AWS Cloud Cost Management?

How to Deal With the Nightmare

Global spending on cloud computing topped out last year at $225 billion! So why is AWS cloud cost management so difficult and complicated?

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AWS Total Cost of Ownership

Cloud Cost Management Software:

The 5 Best Options On the Market

It’s time to shed some light on the best cloud cost management software on the market.

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AWS Total Cost of Ownership

The Top 7 Cloud Cost Management Solutions

(You Don’t Need Fancy Software)

Don’t you hate complicated solutions to simple problems? That's why you need one of these cloud cost management solutions!

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AWS Total Cost of Ownership

How AWS Auto Scaling Works

(It’s a Thermostat)

Learn how to use AWS Auto Scaling to automatically adjust your operations to meet demand!

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AWS Total Cost of Ownership

The Core Guide to Cloud Cost Management

(From Basics to Must-Haves)

Can you afford to spend $72,000 on a simple recursion mistake? Cloud cost management will help you avoid just that.

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AWS Total Cost of Ownership

What Is Spot Pricing?

The Backbone of EC2 Spot Instance Pricing

Would you like to save up to 90% on your AWS EC2 instances? Then you need to know about spot pricing.

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AWS Total Cost of Ownership

AWS Container Pricing:

The Cost of Building Blocks

Learn everything you need to know about AWS container pricing!

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AWS Total Cost of Ownership

What is EC2 Other?

The Hidden Charges Bloating Your AWS Bill

You’re browsing your AWS bill and notice a significant chunk attributed to the vague name of “EC2 Other”. What does it mean?

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AWS Total Cost of Ownership

How to Make the Most of NAT Gateway Pricing

Security breaches are no joke, but what is NAT Gateway pricing and how much will it set you back?

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AWS Total Cost of Ownership

How to Get an AWS EDP: The Discount of Your Dreams

What if you could get an average 9% discount on all of your AWS bills? With an AWS EDP, you can do just that!

What if you could get an average 9% discount on all of your AWS bills? With an AWS EDP, you can do just that!

The Aimably Way

Unleashing the Power of Cloud Cost Optimization

How Aimably Helped OnCorps Identify 56% AWS Savings Potential

An increased focus on capital efficiency led us to Aimably, a team that generated a roadmap to 56% AWS cost savings.

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Engineering Concepts for CFOs

What Is a Well-Architected Framework?

Best Practices in the Cloud From AWS and Microsoft

Using a Well-Architected Framework will help you to avoid security breaches, expensive resource wastage, and so much more. Learn how to use them in this post!

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AWS Total Cost of Ownership

What Is AWS Graviton?

The Supercharged Processors Running EC2’s Powerhouses

What exactly is AWS Graviton, and how will it help Amazon to get its share of a $1 trillion+ pie?

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AWS Total Cost of Ownership

The Basics, Tips, and Tricks of AWS CloudWatch Pricing

Despite being one of their most popular products, AWS CloudWatch pricing is a mess to understand, manage and optimize. That's why we're here.

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AWS Total Cost of Ownership

How to Get AWS Credits:

From AWS Activate to Community Offerings

What if you could utilize the full power of AWS without having to pay for any of it? That's where AWS credits come in.

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AWS Total Cost of Ownership

The Basics of AWS CloudFront Pricing:

What It Is, and How to Optimize Your Bill

Latency can kill your business. That’s why you need to know the ins and outs of AWS CloudFront pricing.

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AWS Total Cost of Ownership

The Basics of AWS EBS Pricing,

Without the Wild Goose Chase

Despite being incredibly useful, AWS EBS pricing is as murky as any other AWS product. Cut through the confusion with this guide.

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AWS Total Cost of Ownership

AWS WorkSpaces Pricing:

Cut Through the Clutter and Get the Best Deal

Don't let AWS WorkSpaces pricing leave you confused. This post will teach you all of the basics and how to get the best deal!

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AWS Total Cost of Ownership

The Basics of AWS RDS Pricing

(How to Slash Costs Without Impacting Performance)

Learn everything you need to know about AWS RDS pricing to optimize your bills and save money!

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AWS Total Cost of Ownership

AWS Cost Explorer:

What It Is, How It Works, and the Better Way to Manage Your AWS Costs

Managing your AWS cost and usage data can be a nightmare. That's why you need to know about AWS Cost Explorer.

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SaaS Finances 101

How to Boost Spend Transparency:

The Secret to Managing Your Costs

Do you know why you're spending so much money? We'll teach you how to increase spend transparency and verify the worth to all of your costs.

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AWS Total Cost of Ownership

10 AWS Cost Reduction Tactics

(And the Tool That Handles All of Them)

It's easy for AWS costs to skyrocket, but not so much to perform an AWS cost reduction. Here's everything you need to know to reduce costs!

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Finance Glossary for CTOs

Cash Cow vs Rising Star:

Reliable Profits vs Rockets to the Moon

Learn how to identify and manage products classed as a cash cow vs rising star. From how to tell them apart to using one to fund another, it's all here!

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Engineering Concepts for CFOs

Multi-Tenant vs Single-Tenant:

Which to Build and Which to Buy

Whether you're scaling or building from scratch, you need to know the pros and cons of multi-tenant vs single-tenant architecture. That's why we're here.

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Engineering Concepts for CFOs

What Is Multi-Tenant Architecture?

Pros, Cons, and Secrets to Reduce Costs

This post will teach you the basics of multi-tenant architecture, from what it is and when it's useful, to things to be wary of and tips to optimize costs.

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SaaS Finances 101

Use Invoice Management Software

Don't Be Like FTX

FTX went benkrupt in part due to managing their finances on messy spreadsheets. Don't fall into the same trap - learn all about invoice management software!

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SaaS Finances 101

Price Optimization:

How to Increase Profits Without Alienating Customers

You want to increase your margins and negate your costs. Your customers want a good deal. That's where price optimization comes in.

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Finance Glossary for CTOs

What Unit Economics Is

and How to Expand Your Margins

Unit economics plays a vital role in any successful team’s business metrics. Learn all about it here!

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Finance Glossary for CTOs

What’s in an Audit Trail?

Why You Need Event Logs in Your Business

52% of large companies suffered from fraud in the last two years. Don't be one of them - keep an audit trail.

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Finance Glossary for CTOs

What Divestiture Is

(And How to Benefit by Losing Assets)

Every business encounters divestiture. It's up to you to make sure yours benefits the company instead of being caused by bankruptcy.

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AWS Total Cost of Ownership

AWS Cost Categories:

How to Make Sense of Your AWS Nightmare

AWS Cost Categories are your ticket to automatically organizing your cost and usage data.

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AWS Total Cost of Ownership

Simplifying Your Bills With Consolidated Billing on AWS

Learn how to group all of your AWS bills under one account, and even earn new discounts by doing so!

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AWS Total Cost of Ownership

Reserved Instances 101:

What They Are and How to Save Up to 72%

Reserved Instances can help you save up to 72% on your AWS bill!

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AWS Total Cost of Ownership

How to Boost AWS Performance, Stability, and Resilience with Horizontal Scaling

Scaling is essential to running a successful business. To scale effectively you need to know whether horizontal scaling is right for you.

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SaaS Finances 101

The Secret to Profitable Growth:

How to Maintain Increased Profits and Growth

Learn how to maintain profitable growth with these tips from Aimably.

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Finance Glossary for CTOs

Use the Rule of 40

to Balance Profits and Growth

Learn how to land investors and maintain your company's success with the rule of 40.

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SaaS Finances 101

SOC 1 vs SOC 2:

How to Win Over Your Dream Clients

Don't waste $50,000+ on an audit you don't need - save money and land new clients by knowing the differences of SOC 1 vs SOC 2.

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AWS Total Cost of Ownership

The Double-Edged Sword With Hidden AWS Costs

Stop getting caught out by hidden data ingress costs in AWS.

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AWS Total Cost of Ownership

What Is Data Egress and Why Am I Charged for It?

Sick of getting charged extra for "data transfer" in AWS? Let us teach you all about what data egress is, and why you should be paying attention to it.

AWS Total Cost of Ownership

How to Understand Your AWS Bill,

and How to Properly Process It for Accounting

Learn how to see and manage your AWS bill the easy way.

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AWS Total Cost of Ownership

Predicting Your Success With an AWS Forecast:

How to Forecast Your AWS Bill

Imagine how successful you would be if you could predict the future. Well, with an AWS Forecast, you can do just that!

AWS Total Cost of Ownership

The Complete Guide to AWS WorkSpaces Pricing

Don't let AWS WorkSpaces pricing leave you confused and with surprise bills. Read how to calculate exactly what your costs will be!

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SaaS Finances 101

What Technical Due Diligence Is

and How to Land Investors

Technical due diligence sounds intimidating. The truth is, it's the only way that you’re going to get investors on board.

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AWS Total Cost of Ownership

AWS Lambda Pricing:

How to Calculate Your Bill and Save Money

Demystify AWS Lambda pricing with these tips! Learn how to calculate your full bill, and how to save money without affecting performance.

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SaaS Finances 101

The Key for Investors, With a Side of COGS

CapEx vs OpEx. What do they mean? What should you be spending more on? Which do investors value more? Read this post to find out!

AWS Total Cost of Ownership

What Are the EC2 Instance Types?

How to Pick an Instance to Suit Your Workload

Don't let the hundreds of different EC2 instance types leave you confused. Read this guide to know exactly what will suit your needs!

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SaaS Finances 101

Fundamentals of SaaS Finances:

How to Get Your Piece of $720.44 Billion

SaaS finances are the only way to know whether you're succeeding or failing, and absolutely vital to anyone looking to raise more funding.

AWS Total Cost of Ownership

Understanding EC2 Instance Pricing

and How You Can Save

Cut through the confusion and learn the ins and outs of EC2 Instance Pricing. From instance category prices to Savings Plans, you'll find it all here.

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AWS Total Cost of Ownership

The Ultimate Guide to S3 Pricing:

How to Calculate and Forecast Your Costs

S3 pricing shouldn't need a PhD to understand. Use our Ultimate Guide to S3 Pricing to understand your costs and learn how to forecast future bills.

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AWS Total Cost of Ownership

How to Understand and Optimize Your AWS Costs

With the AWS Billing console, you can view your costs, see and pay invoices, forecast spending and review consolidated bills. We tell you how.

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AWS Total Cost of Ownership

What AWS Budgets Is,

and How It Can End Your AWS Financial Woes

AWS can be a nightmare of surprise bills and obscured costs. That’s why AWS Budgets exists. We'll teach you how to take the best advantage of the tool.

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AWS Total Cost of Ownership

Optimize Spending and Usage

With AWS Resource Utilization

AWS resource utilization is an invaluable tool for optimizing your operations, ensuring you pay only for what you need.

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AWS Total Cost of Ownership

Workload Management:

Maximize Your Query Throughput (Without Breaking the Bank)

Workload management lets you maximize your query throughput in Amazon Redshift, but knowing how to set it up can be a pain in the neck. Learn more.

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Engineering Concepts for CFOs

Technical Debt 101:

What It Is and How to Stop It From Spiraling Out of Control

Don’t let technical debt destroy your engineering team. Learn what it is, how to get rid of it, and how to prevent it from forming in this post!

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Engineering Concepts for CFOs

Best Practices to Find the Goldilocks Zone for Your Instances

You don’t want server instances that are too hot (high cost) or too cold (low performance). Get the type and size of each EC2 instance just right.

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Engineering Concepts for CFOs

What Is Cloud Architecture

(And Why Should You Start Migrating)?

There’s a lot of uncertainty in making a move from a data center to the cloud, but knowing how to take advantage of cloud architecture will make it easier.

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SaaS Finances 101

How to Keep the SaaS COGS Turning:

The Key to Having Positive Cost Conversations

Your company reports its finances monthly. The finance team, without fail, will ask about your AWS bill monthly. Knowing about SaaS COGS will help you answer.

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Engineering Concepts for CFOs

What SOC 2 Compliance Is,

And Why You (Probably) Need It

You need to have measures in place to protect your clients’ data, and they need some way to have confidence in your defenses. SOC 2 compliance can help.

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SaaS Finances 101

The Best Way to Get More Bang for Your Buck

With the cloud, there is little transparency or accountability within teams for infrastructure budget. There is a solution: Cloud FinOps.

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SaaS Finances 101

What Are The Cloud Cost Models?

Cut Through the Confusion!

Cloud cost models offer alternative methods for cloud usage billing, without changing the services you actually use. Learn more!

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AWS Total Cost of Ownership

Don’t Burn Your Budget on Wasted Cloud Spend:

Practice AWS Cost Optimization Instead

With AWS, you’re likely to be over-allocating and paying for resources you’re not using without even realizing it. Let's optimize your cloud spend!

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Engineering Concepts for CFOs

Successfully Scaling Engineering Teams

To Avoid the Challenges of Rapid Growth

If you don’t carefully manage the growth of your engineering team, a scale-up can quickly lead to a scale-down. Find out how to scale up your engineering team.

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Engineering Concepts for CFOs

How to Inspire Confidence and Win New Clients

SOC 1 audits provide proof to your clients that you have the audits and controls in place to handle their financial information without putting it at risk.

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AWS Total Cost of Ownership

How to Optimize AWS Spending

Without a Variance Report

Traditionally, businesses would create a variance report to optimize spending. But trusty financial tools won't help with cloud costs. We share alternatives.

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AWS Total Cost of Ownership

The Pros and Cons of AWS Cost and Usage Reports

(And How to Enhance Them)

Wasting money is painful. In cloud computing, this problem is solved via AWS Cost and Usage Reports. Learn how to use them and the drawbacks to be aware of.

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SaaS Finances 101

What are Cloud Cost Management Tools

and How Do I Pick the Right One?

Managing cloud costs is kinda like driving a fast car. Cloud cost management tools keep you on the race course, performing to your highest potential.

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AWS Total Cost of Ownership

AWS Data Exchange:

Double Your Chances of Success

The AWS Data Exchange is a service from Amazon that allows you to access hundreds of data collections from across the world. Learn how!

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AWS Total Cost of Ownership

AWS Managed Services:

Manage the Financial Impact of Downtime & Cyber Attacks

High-grade Managed Service Providers like AWS Managed Services(AMS) help decrease the risk of downtime and security breaches, and their financial impact.

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Engineering Concepts for CFOs

What is Cloud Governance

(And Why You’ve Got it Wrong)

Cloud governance is often treated as a solution to managing cloud finances, whereas that simply isn’t true. Let's learn what cloud governance actually is.

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Finance Glossary for CTOs

Don’t Just Hire An Accountant:

Control Your Costs With Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A)

Don't make a decision about new products, new markets, or new pricing until you have all the solid facts. You need FP&A, or Financial Planning & Analysis.

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Finance Glossary for CTOs

What is FinOps?

How to Get Your AWS Bill Under Control

If you want to stop this and start getting your AWS bill under control, then you need to learn about FinOps.

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The Aimably Way

5 Tried and True Cloud Migration Prerequisites Shared by Industry Leaders:

We Asked, They Answered

What can an executive have planned before the cloud migration begins to mitigate the financial and timing risks? We decided to ask the experts.

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Finance Glossary for CTOs

What is the Cost of Goods Sold?

Everything a CTO Needs to Know

Cost of Goods Sold (COGS), is the expense your company must pay in order to deliver your software and service. We explain with real software company examples.

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AWS Total Cost of Ownership

The Key to Reserved Instances

And How to Mitigate Their Risks

Learn everything you need to know about Reserved Instances, how they could save you money, and what to do to get the most out of yours.

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SaaS Finances 101

Prepping for M&A:

How to Transform Your AWS Bill When Costs Weren’t a Factor Before

During due diligence, acquirers will analyze Amazon Web Services spending to evaluate and negotiate company valuation.

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AWS Total Cost of Ownership

T1, T2, T3 and T3a Are Not After John Connor:

A Deep Dive on AWS EC2 T Instance Types

Light usage and burstable performance? A deep dive into T instance types and how can they benefit your business without breaking the bank.

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AWS Total Cost of Ownership

Demystifying AWS Redshift Pricing:

Tips and Tools to Make Redshift Less Expensive

Among other benefits, Amazon claims that AWS Redshift costs less to operate than any other cloud data warehouse. That's not always the case.

The Aimably Way

We Significantly Reduced Our AWS Cost Per Customer While Reinforcing Team Culture With Trust

Here’s How We Did It At Identity Automation

Under COVID remote learning, demand for our educational technologies skyrocketed. With Aimably, we brought down our cost per customer to service the load.