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How to Run an AWS Well-Architected Review for Client Accounts (Without Losing a Weekend)

AWS Well-Architected Reviews surface an average of 8+ High Risk Issues per account — and one analysis of 22 reviews found clients save up to $1M annually after remediation. Here's how to deliver a thorough WAR in hours, not days.

2026-04-16 · 11 min readRead article →

AWS RDS Cost Optimisation: Where Your Database Budget Is Actually Going

RDS is often the most misconfigured AWS service in a portfolio. Orphaned snapshots, dev environments running Multi-AZ, io1 volumes nobody's migrated, and Extended Support charges that started billing without warning. Here's where the money goes — and how to stop it.

2026-02-26 · 7 min readRead article →

The Hidden Costs of AWS: What You Don't Know Can Hurt Your Budget

27% of cloud spend is wasted — and the biggest drains aren't in the obvious places. Here's where the money actually goes, and how to find it before it compounds.

2026-02-25 · 8 min readRead article →

5 AWS Cost Mistakes We See Every Week

Most agencies are bleeding money on AWS without knowing it. Here are the most common mistakes we find during our scans and how to fix them.

2026-02-24 · 5 min readRead article →
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