Frank Contrepois

Category: finops

What's new in Cloud FinOps - I don't believe in tagging

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Izhak “I don’t believe in tagging” Zimmermann discusses with Stephen and Frank about the importance of focusing on business value in the context of FinOps, emphasising the need to understand cloud costs within the context of business goals. He introduces a new approach to FinOps that leverages new technology and insights to support business goals and drive business value. The conversation covers the challenges of understanding cloud costs, the use of networking data to understand costs, and the transformation of cost data into business value data. Read more...

What's new in Cloud FinOps with Mike Stephenson

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Link to the interview Summary In this episode, Steve, Frank and Mike discuss the benefits of using the free tier in Microsoft Azure. They explore the various free offerings available, such as Azure Cosmos DB, Azure DevOps, and speech-to-text translation. They also discuss the importance of monitoring costs and implementing processes to prevent unexpected expenses. Mike shares insights on cost optimization for Cosmos DB and announces an upcoming video on the topic. Read more...

What's new in Cloud FinOps - April 2024

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The April 2024 episode of the FinOps News is here. AWS announces general availability of Amazon EC2 G6 instances powered by NVIDIA L4 Tensor Core GPUs. Google introduces Axion chips, their first ARM-based CPU, and HyperDisk storage pools for stateful Kubernetes workloads. Azure launches index advisor for Cosmos DB to optimize index policies for NoSQL queries. Multiple cloud vendors providing a focused view with some implementation of FOCUS Cost anomaly detection with the power of AI Maximizing committed use discounts with hassle-free management Read more...