The Cloud Ledger
Q3 · Northwind Parcel Co. · Ledger No. 1
Open the ledger
If found, please return to finance. Reward: a smaller bill.
Registered letter R 0001
for the CFO
To: one CFO, who asked a short question.
Contents: why the cloud bill rose 17.6%, and the two lines that fix it.
Gold is what we paid. Blue is last quarter. Dashed is the plan.
Off we go
€48,210
that is +17.6% over the plan of €41,000
Q2 was €39,870. The difference is almost all one line.
The postage slip
Egress did it
Data leaving the cloud cost €9,940, up from €2,310.
The new tracking page sends every photo at full size.
Northwind · postage slip · Q3
Compute24,880
Storage8,120
Egress9,940
Support plan5,270
IN ALL, €48,210
Q2, €39,870
What we change in November
Resize photos on upload
Owner: the tracking team.
Saves about €6,800 a quarter.
Estimate from 30 days of logs; dashed until it shows up on a real bill.
SavedDrop the support tier
Owner: platform.
Saves €3,100 a quarter.
Two tickets in Q3. The cheaper tier answers in 24 hours.
SavedLedger No. 1 · the verdictsInked means earned. Outlines wait for Q4.
Overrun
No outages
On budget
Egress fixed
Ledger No. 1 · closed
Next check: 15 January
If both fixes land, Q4 comes in near €38,300.
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