Cloud Optimizer

A system for monitoring a plurality of computing resources associated with a first hosting provider:

• a system computer in communication with said plurality of computing resources;
• a software application executing on at least one of said plurality of computing resources and having at least a first metric associated therewith, the at least a first metric indicative of a computing load placed on the at least one of said plurality of computing resources due to said software application executing thereon;
• an analysis module associated with said system computer and determining at least a second metric indicative of a computing load associated with a second software application wherein the second software application is a updated version of said software application;
• a threshold module in communication with said analysis module and determining a cost associated with said second software application based on a billing model associated with the first hosting provider and the at least a second metric to determine if at least one threshold has been reached;
• a notification module in communication with said analysis module and generating a notification based on the at least one threshold.

A system for managing a plurality of computing resources associated with a first hosting provider comprising:

• a software application executing on a first set of computing resources including at least one of said plurality of computing resources, said software application accessible by a plurality of users via a network by a plurality of user devices;
• a system computer in communication with said first set of computing resources;
• a analysis module associated with said system computer and determining at least a first metric indicative of a computing load on the first set of computing resources due to said software application executing on the first set of computing resources;
• a threshold module in communication with said analysis module and determining when at least one threshold associated with the first set of computing resources has been reached based on a cost record associated with said first hosting provider, the cost record is indicative of a cost of hosting said software application based at least in part on the first metric.

A system for managing server usage comprising:

• a software application executing on at least one of a plurality of computing resources associated with a first hosting provider, the software application accessible via a network by a user device;
• a computer in communication with the at least one of said plurality of computing resources;
• a storage in communication with the computer and containing a data record indicative of a cost associated with usage of the at least one of said plurality of computing resources;
• an analysis module associated with the computer and determining a data metric associated with the at least one of said plurality of computing resources, the data metric indicative of an amount of computing power associated with the software application;
• a threshold module associated with the computer and determining when at least one threshold for said software application has been reached, the at least one threshold associated with a set cost of executing said software application on the at least one of said plurality of computing resources.

A system for managing a plurality of computing resources associated with a first hosting provider to detect or respond to security threats comprising:

• a software application executing on a first set of computing resources including at least one of said plurality of computing resources, said software application accessible by a plurality of users via a network by a plurality of user devices;
• a data metric associated with said software application, said data metric indicative of a computing load placed on said at least one of the plurality of computing resources due to said plurality of users accessing said software application;
• a system computer in communication with said at least one of said plurality of computing resources;
• an analysis module associated with said system computer for analyzing said data metric and determining a number indicative of how many of said plurality of users are unique users;
• a notification module generating a notification based on a threshold associated with the resource usage value having been reached wherein the threshold is adjusted based on the number.