Digital Edge Webinar: On Cutting Costs

Start The Process Of Reducing Costs With The Right Hardware

Eliminate Un-Needed Hardware

Performance Maximization

Ensure You Are Not Over Licensed

Over-provisioning for High Availability

Virtualization Consolidation

Secrets of Ultra Low Voltage

Bandwidth & Connectivity Cost Optimization

Think of Manageability and Colo Cost at Development Stage

General Negotiation with Providers

Review PowerPoint Presentation

Updated November 2026: the original post is kept above; the sections below add context for readers today.

The ideas still hold

This 2009 webinar walked through ten ways to lower data center operating costs: buying the right hardware, removing what is not needed, avoiding over-licensing, consolidating with virtualization and negotiating with providers. In cloud and hybrid environments the same questions apply to instance sizes, idle resources, reserved capacity and software licenses.

For a current review of your costs, see CloudOps or talk to an engineer.