Are you spending 30% more than necessary on cloud infrastructure? This Short Course was created to help ML and AI professionals accomplish strategic cloud cost optimization through data-driven analysis and predictive modeling.

Optimize, Evaluate, and Forecast Your Cloud Spend

Optimize, Evaluate, and Forecast Your Cloud Spend
This course is part of Strategic AI Governance Specialization

Instructor: Hurix Digital
Access provided by PALC Dev
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What you'll learn
Resource optimization needs continuous monitoring of allocated capacity versus real usage to detect waste and bottlenecks.
Smart cloud procurement balances reserved, spot, and on-demand pricing using cost-benefit analysis tied to workload needs.
Strong financial governance relies on predictive models combining historical usage data with upcoming business plans.
Sustainable cloud operations require clear benchmarks, automated monitoring, and collaboration between engineering and finance teams
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There are 3 modules in this course
Learners will master systematic analysis of cloud resource allocation patterns versus actual utilization to identify waste, performance bottlenecks, and cost optimization opportunities.
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Learners will master comprehensive evaluation of cloud pricing models to make strategic procurement decisions that optimize costs while maintaining performance requirements for AI and ML workloads.
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Learners will master the development of sophisticated cost forecasting models that integrate historical consumption patterns with planned business initiatives to enable proactive budget planning and strategic financial governance.
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