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Cloud Waste

Spend that produces no business value: idle capacity, orphaned resources, over provisioning and unused commitments.
Highlights costs that can potentially be reduced by removing unused resources, right-sizing capacity, or reviewing commitments.

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Amortised Cost

Upfront and committed charges spread evenly across the period they cover, rather than recorded in the month they were paid.
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Blended Rate

An average rate calculated across all accounts in a consolidated billing family for a given usage type.
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Commitment Utilisation

The percentage of purchased commitment capacity that is actually consumed in a period.
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