Uploaded November 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
As organizations increasingly rely on cloud storage, managing costs without sacrificing performance has become essential. Fortunately, cloud providers now offer smart features to optimize storage spend—most notably through access tiers and lifecycle management policies. Storage tiering aligns your data with the right storage class—hot, cool, or archive—based on access frequency. Even better, lifecycle policies and intelligent tiering tools automate data movement across tiers as your workload changes, minimizing manual effort. Modern cloud platforms also offer rich telemetry and analytics, revealing data usage patterns and cost drivers. Paired with AI-powered recommendations, these insights empower users to make proactive, data-driven storage decisions. Together, these tools reduce costs, simplify operations, and support a more efficient, sustainable cloud strategy. This presentation will highlight how to harness tiering, automation, and AI to unlock greater value from your cloud storage—and make every gigabyte count.
Learning about various advanced tools generally available in the datacenter industry today, to cost optimize your storage solutions. Understanding the nuances of how to take advantage of these powerful tools to unlock value. Learn how these tools are further getting augmented with AI recommendations and smart decision making abilities
Presented by Shruti Sethi, Microsoft and Vignesh Shanbhag, Microsoft
Learn More:
• SDC Website: snia.org/sniadeveloper
• SNIA Website: snia.org
• SNIA Educational Library: snia.org/library
• X: twitter.com/SNIA
• LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/snia
As organizations increasingly rely on cloud storage, managing costs without sacrificing performance has become essential. Fortunately, cloud providers now offer smart features to optimize storage spend—most notably through access tiers and lifecycle management policies. Storage tiering aligns your data with the right storage class—hot, cool, or archive—based on access frequency. Even better, lifecycle policies and intelligent tiering tools automate data movement across tiers as your workload changes, minimizing manual effort. Modern cloud platforms also offer rich telemetry and analytics, revealing data usage patterns and cost drivers. Paired with AI-powered recommendations, these insights empower users to make proactive, data-driven storage decisions. Together, these tools reduce costs, simplify operations, and support a more efficient, sustainable cloud strategy. This presentation will highlight how to harness tiering, automation, and AI to unlock greater value from your cloud storage—and make every gigabyte count.
Learning about various advanced tools generally available in the datacenter industry today, to cost optimize your storage solutions. Understanding the nuances of how to take advantage of these powerful tools to unlock value. Learn how these tools are further getting augmented with AI recommendations and smart decision making abilities
Presented by Shruti Sethi, Microsoft and Vignesh Shanbhag, Microsoft
Learn More:
• SDC Website: snia.org/sniadeveloper
• SNIA Website: snia.org
• SNIA Educational Library: snia.org/library
• X: twitter.com/SNIA
• LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/snia
