Most organizations leave significant cloud savings on the table — not because commitment options don’t exist, but because traditional Reserved Instances demand forecasting confidence few teams have. The result: defaulting to on-demand rates rather than risking a 1 or 3-year lock-in.
In this session, James Hamilton, VP of Cloud Infrastructure at PubNub will walk through a practical framework for building a cloud commitment strategy that matches your actual risk tolerance — including how Archera’s guaranteed commitments let him start capturing savings with terms as short as 30 days, scale to deeper discounts with 1-year options that exceed what most native cloud providers offer, and optionally hand off execution entirely with full automation. We’ll cover how to evaluate workload stability, layer commitment types to eliminate coverage gaps, and build a strategy that delivers real savings without overcommitting — whether you want full control or a hands-free approach.
