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What's new in Cloud FinOps?WNiCF - July 2025 - NewsSend us a textIn this episode, Frank and SteveO cover the latest cloud updates that matter for FinOps practitioners:Compute & AI: AWS launches the P6e GB200 Ultra Servers, delivering record-breaking GPU performance for training and inference at trillion-parameter scale. Google announces FlexStart VMs to lower inference costs, while Azure rolls out free AWS-to-Azure Blob migration.Storage & Data: Google introduces editable backup plans, and AWS adds tagging support for S3 Express One Zone—a step toward using tags as operational levers, no...
2025-08-1926 minWhat's new in Cloud FinOps?WNiCF - June 2025 - NewsSend us a textJoin us, Stephen Old and Frank Contrepois as we valiantly record the June 2025 news episode of “What’s New in Cloud FinOps"; this time, indoors and largely free of wildlife interruptions. In this news-packed update, we tackle the latest cloud cost and optimisation news from AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud.Expect witty repartee as we dissect everything from Azure’s flexible memory to Google’s enhanced forecasting models, and even the curious case of the disappearing Microsoft Focus 1.2 schema. Along the way, you’ll learn about Athena’s improved q...
2025-07-2244 minWhat's new in Cloud FinOps?WNiCF - Interview with Rich Gibbons about SaaS, FinOps and ITAMSend us a textIn this conversation, Frank Contrepois, Stephen Old, and Rich Gibbons explore the complexities of Software as a Service (SaaS) along with Financial Operations (FinOps) and IT Asset Management (ITAM). They talk about how software licensing has evolved and the challenges of managing SaaS consumption. Security and data management in a SaaS setting are also discussed. The conversation highlights the different views of ITAM and FinOps on SaaS. They consider how SaaS affects procurement models and the future of collaboration between these areas.
2025-06-2039 minWhat's new in Cloud FinOps?WNiCF - May 2025 - NewsSend us a textIn this episode of What's New in Cloud FinOps, Stephen Old and Frank Contrepois talk about the latest in cloud computing in May 2025. They focus on Azure, AWS, and GCP. They share their experiences at FinOps X (FOX) and discuss new features and public previews. They also explore topics like database innovations, cost management, AI integration, and sustainability in cloud services. Their conversation shows how cloud technology is evolving and why it's important to stay updated on new developments.Link to some videos from MicrosoftM...
2025-06-1335 minWhat's new in Cloud FinOps?WNiCF - April 2025 - NewsSend us a textApril 2025 news. A lot of news for you, dear listener, from Google, AWS and AzureTakeaway by the aiThe FinOps News podcast targets hardcore FinOps enthusiasts.Conflict can lead to better team dynamics and outcomes.Azure's VM hibernation feature offers cost-efficient workload management.Amazon EC2 introduces high-performance storage optimized instances.Bare metal instances provide significant performance improvements.Prompt optimization in Amazon Bedrock enhances AI model performance.AWS Database Migration Service now supports automatic storage scaling.Cloud gaming may benefit from new GPU instance offerings.The importance of...
2025-05-2041 minWhat's new in Cloud FinOps?WNiCF - Interview with Udam - do FinOps like a Fortune 50Send us a textIn this episode, Frank and Stephen talk with Udam about the changing world of FinOps. They focus on the challenges organizations face in managing cloud costs and data accuracy. Udam shares insights from his vast experience in the field. He highlights the need for data standardization, the role of data engineering, and ongoing investment in FinOps practices. The conversation also explores innovative solutions like Stitcher AI, which aim to simplify data management and improve decision-making in financial operations. The speakers dive into the complexities of FinOps, stressing the need to understand f...
2025-05-1952 minWhat's new in Cloud FinOps?WNiCF - March 2025 - NewsSend us a textIn this episode of What's New in Cloud Phenops, Stephen Old and Frank discuss the latest updates in cloud computing, focusing on Azure, Google Cloud, and AWS. They cover the retirement of certain Azure virtual machines, the introduction of serverless GPUs, and the benefits of Amazon Bedrock for cost transparency. The conversation also touches on new features for Azure databases, insights from a Forrester study on Spanner, and the importance of calculating AI costs. Additionally, they discuss licensing changes for Amazon FSX, tiered storage for Spanner, and the deprecation of the AWS connector...
2025-04-2825 minWhat's new in Cloud FinOps?WNiCF - Interview with Amit - The Importance of Automation in Cloud Cost ManagementSend us a textIn this conversation, Amit Saar shares his journey from software engineering at Microsoft to founding OpenOps. He focuses on the challenges and solutions in FinOps. He highlights the need for automation, accountability, and balancing innovation with governance in managing cloud costs. Amit points out the fatigue that engineering managers face due to overwhelming demands. He stresses the need for better tools and practices to streamline FinOps processes. The discussion also covers the challenges of automating FinOps, the role of no-code platforms, and the importance of community engagement through open sourcing.
2025-03-1743 minWhat's new in Cloud FinOps?WNiCF - February 2025 - NewsSend us a textIn this episode, Stephen Old and Frank Contrepois discuss the latest updates in cloud FinOps. With news from AWS, Google and Azure, including enhanced computing capabilities, database updates, and pricing changes.For once there are also some sustainability news. That makes me happy!
2025-03-1424 minWhat's new in Cloud FinOps?WNiCF - Interview with Henk - Time series, forecasts and anomaly detections, all hard problems to crack.Send us a textWe discussed the challenges of working with time series data, particularly in the context of machine learning and AI, highlighting the complexity and the need for automation in feature engineering. The importance of balancing accuracy and complexity in model creation was emphasized, with a focus on avoiding overfitting and ensuring models remain effective in real-world applications. The potential integration of business context data, such as sales data, with cloud consumption data to enhance anomaly detection and forecasting models was proposed. The discussion touched on the economic value of ano...
2025-03-1138 minWhat's new in Cloud FinOps?WNiCF - January 2025 - NewsSend us a textJanuary 2025 FinOps news.Instances/Computehttps://cloud.google.com/blog/products/compute/announcing-smaller-machine-types-for-a3-high-vms - The A3 Ultra machine type is available in the following region and zone: St. Ghislain, Belgium, Europe - europe-west1-bhttps://cloud.google.com/blog/products/compute/first-google-axion-processor-c4a-now-ga-with-titanium-ssd - Google Axion Processor-based C4A VMs with Titanium SSD are now generally available. Part of our general-purpose machine family, these instances come with up to 6 TiB of Titanium SSD disks. Titanium SSD is our latest generation of Local SSD. It uses Titanium I/O...
2025-02-2532 minWhat's new in Cloud FinOps?WNiCF - Interview - Cloud FinOps 2025: insights and predictions with AnthonySend us a textIn this chat, Frank, Stephen, and Anthony share their thoughts on how cloud computing and AI have evolved from 2024 to 2025. They discuss the growth in the GPU market and how views on cloud versus on-premises solutions have changed. They also talk about the quality and performance of AI models and consider the environmental impact of AI. The group highlights the need for specialized AI models and the efficiency of the hardware used in AI applications. They wrap up with some insights into future trends in cloud instances and pricing.I...
2025-02-2144 minWhat's new in Cloud FinOps?WNiCF - December 2024 - NewsSend us a textA little late, but as they say, better late than never. You can provide feedback, ideas, proposals for interviews at send us an email at podcast@finopsguys.co.ukHave a fantastic 2025 and January
2025-01-2834 minWhat's new in Cloud FinOps?WNiCF - November 2024 - NewsSend us a textIn this episode, Frank and SteveO reflect on the year's developments in cloud computing, discussing significant updates from AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud.Thank you to all the listeners!!!
2024-12-1640 minWhat's new in Cloud FinOps?WNiCF - October 2024 - NewsSend us a textIn this episode, Frank and SteveO discuss the latest updates in cloud computing for October 2024, covering significant announcements from AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud. They delve into new features, pricing changes, and innovations in cost management, data storage, and AI integration. The conversation also highlights insights from the recent FinOps XE conference, emphasizing the evolving landscape of FinOps and sustainability in cloud operations.
2024-11-2136 minWhat's new in Cloud FinOps?WNiCF - Interview - Building trust in FinOps and engineering insights by DvirSend us a textThis month, we talk with Dvir and discuss integrating engineering principles into FinOps to manage cloud costs effectively. We stress proactive cost management, trust in recommendations, and understanding business context. We also cover the challenges of cost observability, utilized waste, and monitoring resources.Some takeawaysProactive involvement in cost management leads to better outcomes.Language and communication are crucial in discussing costs with engineers.Trust in recommendations is essential for effective FinOps practices.Understanding the business context is key to identifying waste.Maturity in organizational policies enhances accountability.Cost observability...
2024-11-0142 minWhat's new in Cloud FinOps?WNiCF - September 2024 - NewsSend us a textIn this episode, Frank and SteveO celebrate four years of their podcast while discussing the latest advancements in Cloud FinOps, including Amazon's new EC2 Graviton instances, Azure's confidential VMs, and cost management innovations. They explore dynamic scaling in cloud services, AWS Healthomics, and the importance of sustainability in computing. The conversation also touches on SMS innovations, SageMaker customization, application rationalization, and automated complaint rate recommendations in SES, providing listeners with a comprehensive overview of the current cloud landscape.The podcast celebrates its four-year anniversary, highlighting its growth and listener engagement...
2024-10-1928 minWhat's new in Cloud FinOps?WNiCF - Interview with James Hall - GreenOpsSend us a textIn this episode, SteveO and Frank chat with James Hall from GreenPixie about sustainability in cloud computing. James talks about his shift to GreenOps and the need for good data and practices for developers and sustainability teams. They also discuss FinOps, the water needs of data centers, energy source differences by region, and AI's effect on energy use. The talk wraps up with energy efficiency solutions for the tech sector.[Frank] Thanks for the patience, I selected the wrong microphone during the recording. Takeaways:Green Ops focuses on...
2024-10-1144 minWhat's new in Cloud FinOps?WNiCF - Interview - Udam Dewaraja - The story of FOCUSSend us a textIn this episode, SteveO and Frank discuss the FOCUS project with Udam Dewaraja, exploring its origins, development, and future directions. The conversation highlights the importance of a common taxonomy in FinOps, the engagement of cloud providers, vendors and practitioners, and the growth of the Focus community. Udam shares insights on the current state of the Focus specification, the use case library, and the need for a broader understanding of FinOps beyond just cloud costs. The episode concludes with reflections on the maturity of FinOps and the ongoing challenges in data normalization and a...
2024-09-2746 minWhat's new in Cloud FinOps?WNiCF - August 2024 - NewsSend us a textIn this episode, Frank and Steve discuss the latest news in Cloud FinOps, including AWS G4DN Workspaces, AWS Parallel Computing Service, Google Compute Engine C3 and X4 instances, Azure C4 VMs, Amazon Open Search Service, AlloyDB free trial, Azure NetApp file storage, and more. They also touch on topics like cost optimization, carbon emissions, and the AWS Console mobile app.takeawaysAWS announces G4DN Workspaces, Parallel Computing Service, and support for Graviton 3 in Open Search ServiceGoogle introduces C3 and X4 instances in Compute EngineAzure releases C4...
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AWS for Software Companies PodcastEp052: Bridging the Cloud Finance Divide - Experts Reveal the Evolving Art of FinOpsMassimo Ghislandi from AWS interviews Frank Contrepois, Chief Innovation Officer of Strategic Blue and Dvir Mizrahi, Head of FinOps for WIX sharing perspectives and best practices for FinOps, implementation, challenges and future FinOps trends for software companies.Topics Include:FinOps is a new approach to managing cloud finances, bridging the gap between finance, engineering, and business stakeholdersThe implementation of FinOps can take a top-down or bottom-up approach, requiring collaboration and a common language across teamsShifting the conversation from "costs" to "investment" and "efficiency" has been an effective strategy for driving cultural changeFocusing on automation, governance, remediation...
2024-08-2744 minWhat's new in Cloud FinOps?WNiCF - July 2024 - NewsSend us a textIn this episode, Frank and Steve discuss the July 2024 FinOps announcements from AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud. They cover topics such as committed use discounts, fully licensed commitments, hibernation for VMs, cost management features, and service discontinuations. The conversation is filled with insights and analysis of the latest developments in the cloud industry.There are new machine types available on GCP, such as the C3 bare metal machine types and the sixth generation Intel-based VMs.Serverless compute options, like Azure Databricks and OpenSearch serverless, provide efficient and cost-effective ways to...
2024-08-0843 minWhat's new in Cloud FinOps?WNiCF - Interview with Mel - Engineers fatigueSend us a textSteveO and Frank sat down with Mel, a PwC engineer, to talk about what it's like to be an engineer and the hurdles they face. They dug into her daily routine - from stand-up meetings to ticket management and making time to focus. They also explored how random meetings can kill productivity and the importance of debugging. They touched on cool topics like pair programming, mob programming, and using tools like Stack Overflow and Git branches. This conversation is all about giving you a peek into an engineer's daily li...
2024-08-0246 minWhat's new in Cloud FinOps?WNiCF - Interview with Dr James Mitchell - Financial language in FinOps and isomorphic economiesSend us a text"An isomorphism is the fancy maths word for an analogy." - Dr James MitchellDr. James Mitchell, a commodities trading and renewable energy expert, joins Stephen and Frank to discuss FinOps financial language. He draws parallels between cloud computing and electricity economies, offering insights into future trends. The conversation explores market differences and the need for finance-engineering collaboration. James decodes cloud vendors' technical jargon, revealing financial roots. "Savings plans" and "reserved instances" are actually forward contracts. The discussion then shifts to unit economics' universal applicability across industries.Op...
2024-07-2239 minWhat's new in Cloud FinOps?WNiCF - June 2024 - NewsSend us a textIn this episode of What's New in Cloud FinOps, we (Frank and Stephen) discuss the latest news and updates in cloud computing impacting your wallet.We cover topics such as right-sizing recommendations for Amazon RDS, data exports for cost optimization, and improved billing and cost management. We also highlight talks from FinOps X in San Diego and share their favourite sessions. Overall, the conversation provides valuable insights into the latest developments in cloud FinOps, including a rant from Stephen on the hardship that is finding good content for Azure.
2024-07-0831 minWhat's new in Cloud FinOps?WNiCF - Interview with TJ and Deana Solis - The social aspects of FinOpsSend us a textIn this live episode, recorded at FinOps X 2024, we speak with TJ and Deana Solis about the social aspects of FinOps.It is a real live episode with microphones not working, music being turned on, bar opening and more. I also had to use a 'beep' sound for the first time.
2024-06-3042 minWhat's new in Cloud FinOps?WNiCF - Interview with Izhak Zimmermann - I don't believe in taggingSend us a textIzhak "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.
2024-06-1439 minWhat's new in Cloud FinOps?WNiCF - May 2024 - NewsSend us a textSummaryIn this episode of What's New in Cloud FinOps, Frank and Stephen discuss a wide range of cloud-related news and updates. They cover topics such as Azure VM hibernation, Azure Compute Fleet, Google Cloud TPU, Amazon EC2 C7i Flex, DynamoDB, AWS Marketplace, Cloud Run, and more. The conversation also delves into the complexities of cloud pricing, energy progress, and the impact of cloud technology on businesses.
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The Cloud Screener#21 - Frank Contrepois - L'Art du FinOpsDans cet épisode de The Cloud Screener, une sommmmmmité dans le monde du FinOps.
Frank est actuellement chez Strategic Blue, où il se concentre sur les aspects financiers cachés du Cloud Computing.
Dans cet entretien, nous discutons de :
- La discipline FinOps et son importance dans la gestion des coûts du
cloud ;
- AWS (car il connaît très très très bien) ;
- ... du développement personnel ?
Site : https://strategic-blue.com/
Frank Contrepois : Profil LinkedIn
Site : https://www.cloud-mercato.com/
Anthony Monthe : https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthonymonthe/
Jérôme Blin...
2024-05-241h 06What's new in Cloud FinOps?WNiCF - Interview with Mike Stephenson - Azure Free tier and otherSend us a textIn 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.
2024-05-2436 minWhat's new in Cloud FinOps?WNiCF - April 2024 - NewsSend us a textSummaryIn this episode, Frank and Steve discuss the latest news from Google, Azure, and AWS.They cover topics such as new instance types, ARM-based CPUs, storage options, cost optimization, and Kubernetes cost allocation. The conversation also touches on the challenges of reducing storage and the importance of billing cost data in Cloud FinOps. In this conversation, Steve and Frank discuss various updates and announcements from different cloud providers. They cover topics such as multiple cloud vendors providing a focused view, cost anomaly detection with AI, maximizing c...
2024-05-1743 minWhat's new in Cloud FinOps?WNiCF - Interview with Rob Martin - The Updated FinOps FrameworkSend us a textThis month we talk about the FinOps Framework. The Framework has been vastly improved and updated to match what FinOps practitioners are doing, in the tranches. Who better than Rob Martin to guide us into the Framework? No-one. And we like him so much that he is the first returning interviewee. --- In this episode, we (SteveO and Frank) interview Rob Martin from the FinOps Foundation to discuss the recent updates to the FinOps framework. We talk about the process of updating the framework, the chang...
2024-04-1640 minWhat's new in Cloud FinOps?WNiCF - Interview with Steve Trask - The State of FinOpsSend us a textIn this episode, Steve Trask, VP of Marketing at the FinOps Foundation, discusses the State of FinOps report and the insights gained from four years of research. They explore topics such as team structure, automation, executive buy-in, and the evolving priorities of FinOps practitioners. They also touch on the challenges of measuring the value of the FinOps team and the growing importance of sustainability in cloud operations. The conversation highlights the need for focus and prioritization in FinOps practices and the impact of economic factors on cloud optimization.
2024-04-1143 minWhat's new in Cloud FinOps?WNiCF - March 2024 - NewsSend us a textIn this episode, Frank and Steve discuss various news and updates in the cloud industry. They cover topics such as New AMD instances in AzureHolographic stickers
2024-04-0540 minWhat's new in Cloud FinOps?WNiCF - cross podcast with Donal Bourke - Careers in FinOpsSend us a textIn this bonus episode, we talk about FinOps careers and how each of us, the three hosts, have come to FinOps from three very different paths.- Donal from finance and accounting- Stephen from hospitality, sales, and more- Frank from being a geek in a basementIt is a great episode with the appearance of an old Nokia phone, the loss of the main host (Donal) for some time, and some really serious fun.
2024-03-1846 minWhat's new in Cloud FinOps?WNiCF - February 2024 - NewsSend us a textWNiCF - February 2024 - NewsGood amount of news, some sarcastic comments and lot of opinions :) Frank's interview with StephFinOps X websiteFrank and Stephen have gone through everything that has a financial impact and quickly try to tell you why it may matter to you and your organisation.Send you feedback, ideas, invitations or any other thing you want to talk about at: podcast@finopsguys.co.uk
2024-03-0234 minWhat's new in Cloud FinOps?WNiCF - January 2024 - NewsSend us a textFirst news episode of the year. And this time we have a limited amount of news. Dry January for FinOps news too :) The FinOps Guys are Stephen Old and Frank Contrepois and we can be contacted at podcast@finopsguys.co.uk
2024-02-0925 minWhat's new in Cloud FinOps?WNiCF - Interview with Dimiris Perdikou - Gamification and public sectorSend us a textThis month Stephen and Frank are interviewing Dimitris Perdikou from the UK Home Office. The topic is Gamification, but, as often, it grew beyond its original scope. Dimitris made us feel good with the work done making sure taxpayer money is well spent. In the process, we discussed two new metrics for unit economics specific to the public sector.You can reach us at: podcast@finopsguys.com
2024-02-0640 minWhat's new in Cloud FinOps?WNiCF - FinOps 2023 trends with Lucas ParatoreSend us a textAn episode about FinOps in 2023. What are the themes that shaped FinOps and Cloud? What events, big or small, are defining what we will see in 2024?We talk about client behaviour and why repatriation is a thing. We dive into the strategic decisions made by cloud vendors in 2023 and their impact on the market, including price increases, and changes in products. We cover the incredible progress of FinOps and the FinOps Foundation in 2023. And, as everyone else, We talked about AI (a little). The ending is a hopeful prediction that sustainability...
2024-01-2457 minWhat's new in Cloud FinOps?WNiCF - December 2023 - NewsSend us a textLast episode of the year. And for possibly the first time ever we have a lot of Google news and a group of sustainability articles! The FinOps Guys are Stephen Old and Frank Contrepois and we can be contacted at podcast@finopsguys.co.ukPS: we are still thinking (vaguely) about a website.
2024-01-1832 minWhat's new in Cloud FinOps?WNiCF - November 2023 - NewsSend us a textLoads and loads of AWS news coming from re:Invent for November. And this month we have Frank having to evacuate the building due to a fire alarm; nothing real, fortunately.Frank and Stephen have gone through everything that has a financial impact and quickly try to tell you why it may matter to you and your organisation.Send you feedback, ideas, invitations or any other thing you want to talk about at: podcast@finopsguys.co.uk
2023-12-2055 minWhat's new in Cloud FinOps?WNiCF - Interview with Assaf FlattoSend us a textAnother great interview, this time with Assaf Flatto. This is the three of us showing what being part of a growing community is about: we share, we debate, and in the end, FinOps is a more mature discipline. Send you feedback, ideas, invitations or any other thing you want to talk about at: podcast@finopsguys.co.uk
2023-12-1534 minWhat's new in Cloud FinOps?WNiCF - October 2023 - NewsSend us a text!!!! You can now contact us at podcast(at)finopsguys.co.uk !!!!Frank and Stephen review the plethora of news from AWS, Azure and GCP for October 2023. A lot of updates this month. Frank and Stephen have gone through everything that has a financial impact and quickly try to tell you why it may matter to you and your organisation.
2023-11-1334 minWhat's new in Cloud FinOps?WNiCF - Interview with Alee Whitman - Don't say the S wordSend us a textAlee made what Stephen and I think is the best talk at FinOps X 2023. and we recommend you watch it before listening to the episode. The (kind of) driving topic is "What would have changed from the talk", but as usual, the episode is full of stories, comments, ideas and fun.
2023-11-0144 minWhat's new in Cloud FinOps?WNiCF - September 2023 - NewsSend us a text!!!! You can now contact us at podcast(at)finopsguys.co.uk !!!!Frank and Stephen review the plethora of news from AWS, Azure and GCP for September 2023. A lot of updates this month. Frank and Stephen have gone through everything that has a financial impact and quickly try to tell you why it may matter to you and your organisation.Azure virtual machine sizes naming conventions
2023-10-1332 minWhat's new in Cloud FinOps?WNiCF - Interview with Anthony Monthe - The cloud benchmarkerSend us a textCloud vendor announces new instance types every month, and the content of the announcement is always the same: "The new instance is faster, shinier and cheaper than the previous one." But is it true? And what about other instances in the same generation but with different CPU vendors? Anthony tests it all. He checks every new instance appearing in one of the 200 (yes, that is two hundred) cloud vendors he follows and shares the data on Cloud Mercato. In this episode, Stephen and I have discovered many new things, sma...
2023-10-1033 minWhat's new in Cloud FinOps?3 Years of What's New in Cloud FinOpsSend us a textFrank and Stephen remember some fun facts from the last three years of podcasting about FinOps.
2023-10-0617 minWhat's new in Cloud FinOps?WNiCF - August 2023 - NewsSend us a textFrank and Stephen go through the plethora of news from AWS, Azure and GCP for August 2023. A lot of updates this month. Frank and Stephen have gone through everything that has a financial impact and quickly try to tell you why it may matter to you and your organisation.
2023-09-1542 minWhat's new in Cloud FinOps?WNiCF - July 2023 - NewsSend us a textFrank and Stephen go through the plethora of news from AWS, Azure and GCP for July 2023. A lot of updates this month. Frank and Stephen have gone through everything that has a financial impact and quickly try to tell you why it may matter to you and your organisation.
2023-08-1034 minWhat's new in Cloud FinOps?WNiCF - June 2023 - NewsSend us a textBased on the audio, it might sound as if Frank is in a small wooden box; you would be almost correct, as the small meeting room I was in is horrible from a sound perspective. Frank and Stephen go through the plethora of news from AWS, Azure and GCP for June 2023. A lot of updates this month. Frank and Stephen have gone through everything that has a financial impact and quickly try to tell you why it may matter to you and your organisation.
2023-07-2727 minWhat's new in Cloud FinOps?WNiCF - Interview with Steph Gooch and Marit Hughes during FinOps X - When do you start FinOps?Send us a textCurious about when doing FinOps starts? Join hosts Frank and Stephen as they tap into the expertise of FinOps gurus Stephanie Gooch and Marit Hughes. Get ready for an exploration filled with unexpected detours, captivating insights, and bursting with infectious energy, "We had a lot of fun recording. The positive vibe can be felt when listening to the episode" - Frank. This incredible recording was done in San Diego during FinOps X 2023
2023-07-0349 minWhat's new in Cloud FinOps?WNiCF - May 2023 - NewsSend us a textFrank and Stephen go through the plethora of news from AWS, Azure and GCP for May 2023. The most updates we've seen from the vendors in a while, Frank and Stephen have gone through everything that has a financial impact and quickly try to tell you why it may matter to you and your organisation.Going to FinOps X? Come speak to us there and if you fancy doing an episode or a short story/interview we'd love to get you on the podcast!
2023-06-2439 minWhat's new in Cloud FinOps?WNiCF - Interview with Marit Hughes - Public/Private Sector comparisonsSend us a textIs FinOps the same in every organisation? Absolutely not! It varies massively by organisation but also by sector. This month Frank and Steve catch up with long time friend of Frank's (and new time friend of Steve) Marit Hughes.Marit brings her expansive knowledge and experience to help bring some colour to the differing challenges of FinOps in private sector and public sector as well as discussing that Enterprises in terms of how they act, often live somewhere in between!
2023-05-3051 minWhat's new in Cloud FinOps?WNiCF - April 2023 NewsSend us a textJoin Frank and Stephen talking through the latest news from FinOps in April 2023.A nice mix of AWS, Azure and even a bit of GCP.Covering topics like new instances, some "free tier" stuff and even ABC (you can find out what that is by listening!).Also watch out for our next interview with Marit Hughes!
2023-05-1935 minWhat's new in Cloud FinOps?WNiCF - March News 2023Send us a textFrank and Steve dive into what's new in March 2023, with some cool stuff in AWS and Azure and even digging deep into the release notes of google to find some more cool things.The episode is topped off by learning about some of Frank's really cool research, and for our native French listeners, look out for Frank's new French version of the news!
2023-04-2825 minWhat's new in Cloud FinOps?WNiCF - "Woman" in FinOps with Deana SolisSend us a textA fantastic episode with our friend Deana Solis, a senior FinOps Engineer who is heavily involved in the FinOps Foundation and Women in FinOps. She tells the story of "Woman" in FinOps and also her career in general.A really down to earth individual, Deana lets us in to the realities of her journey and why the linear career isn't the most interesting!
2023-04-2149 minWhat's new in Cloud FinOps?WNiCF - Getting Engineers to take action with Bartosz KupieckiSend us a textThis month we're joined by our friend Bartosz Kupiecki, the Head of FinOps at IncreDevo.Their team saw the issue, and attacked it with an engineering mindset, building a tool to manage the process. In this podcast we learn about their journey and how they attacked the problem.We've all been there, we all know the pains, it's great to hear from someone who really attacked the problem and has felt the pains.
2023-03-2333 minWhat's new in Cloud FinOps?WNiCF - February News - 2023Send us a textStephen and Frank dive into the latest news from FinOps in February, as well as a bit of a discussion on Azures FX changes that have increased customers pricing.We also look at the changes to Azure RIs.Actually as a whole there's a lot less AWS on this episode and quite a lot more Azure and GCP! Well worth a listen.
2023-03-0833 minWhat's new in Cloud FinOps?WNiCF - What's new in January - 2023 (Better late than never...)Send us a textHello everyone,This month we talk about everything that was new in January from the cloud vendors (which sadly wasn't loads) and go through the potential benefits or ramifications.We also discuss our addition of a new sustainability section and will work to find interesting articles on this topic too (beyond the cloud vendors).Apologies it's a bit late, between holidays and sick kids, we've been a bit delayed.
2023-02-2822 minWhat's new in Cloud FinOps?WNiCF Interview with Tom Cross - FinOps in action - The MigrationSend us a textWe're joined by our good friend Tom Cross at Air Lingus, who talks to us about the challenges of FinOps in reality. Tom helps us talk through the challenges of trying to keep FinOps in mind during the migration and why it so easily can drop down the agenda.This is a slightly different episode where we very informally talk about the realities of the job!We hope you enjoy!
2023-02-2336 minWhat's new in Cloud FinOps?Guest Episode - Erik Carlin - FinOps Metrics - ESRSend us a textThis month Erik Carlin of ProsperOps joins Steve and Frank in discussing metrics for FinOps, specifically focussing on Effective Savings Rate (ESR). With a history of how it came about as well as where to find more information their to support the community, Erik shows his wealth of knowledge in the FinOps world.
2023-01-2543 minWhat's new in Cloud FinOps?WNiCF - December 22 News - Last bits of the year.Send us a textA quick run through of the new FinOps updates from December, completing the updates for 2022.Stephen and Frank go through the key topics as usual:Data/DBsVisibility (Billing conductor - Tags - cost categories)CommitmentSavings StorageInstancesMisc/Silly
2023-01-1927 minWhat's new in Cloud FinOps?Special - Re:invent Recap (More than just FinOps)Send us a textFrank and Steve lament on trips to Vegas over the years, with Frank going to this year's Re:invent again in person. We discuss our favourite bits of news (which was quite a lot) and you may notice that while in the Keynotes Sustainability was discussed a lot, not much comes across in the latest releases. We even have updates from Steve's favourite AWS service he'll never use and a lot more instance types than we can shake a stick at!Thanks for listening and please have a...
2022-12-2146 minWhat's new in Cloud FinOps?WNiCF - November News - GCP Flex CUDS and technical sound fails by Steve!Send us a textIn our latest news episode, we round up everything that's happened outside of Re:invent in November (Special Re:invent Episode to follow). We also discuss some changes to the format, our new website (yet to launch) and our ongoing aim to share our learning and research. Please see Transcript for list of all of the articles used this month.
2022-12-1442 minWhat's new in Cloud FinOps?Special Guest - Mark Butcher - Sustainability/GreenOps - How do you get started?Send us a textOur friend Mark Butcher joins Frank and Steve on a very fun episode discussing the incredibly important topic of sustainability. We cover topics such as:What do the terms mean?How do you get started?How good are the tools?
2022-11-1544 minWhat's new in Cloud FinOps?October Updates (2022) - Latest news plus Ignite conference quick reviewSend us a textFrank and Stephen delve into all the FinOps related news and releases of October, covering a wide variety of topics and blogs.They then dig into their favourite releases from Microsoft Ignite in and out of the FinOps world.
2022-11-1528 minWhat's new in Cloud FinOps?Special Guest - Rob Martin - FinOps Education with the "Chief Story Teller"Send us a textFrank and Stephen are joined by their friend Rob Martin, Director of Learning from the FinOps foundation.We talk about how to get into FinOps, what paths might be suitable based on your background and all of the wonderful resources available from the FinOp Foundation.We talk about our own education journeys with FinOps and how it's still such an exciting time to get involved!
2022-11-0343 minWhat's new in Cloud FinOps?September Updates - Big Azure Saving Plan release includedSend us a textFrank and Steve take time between interviews to go through the latest news from September.This includes Azure's new Savings Plans where we cover:What they are.How they work.What are the gotchya's?as well as a bit about why they exist.Next episode will be a chat with Rob Martin about FinOps education, released in the next week.
2022-11-0133 minWhat's new in Cloud FinOps?TJ Guest Special - Social Aspects of FinOpsSend us a textToday Frank and Steve are joined by TJ (Anthony Johnson), Cloud Business Manager at Box. TJ talks to us about the new working group he's launched as part of the FinOps Foundation, Social Aspects of FinOps, as well as walking us through his journey and experiences to date. We also briefly touch on Unit Economics which TJ has promised to come and do another episode on. As part of the relaunch of the Podcast under "The FinOps Guys", we'll now do two types of episodes, ones covering the news that listeners are...
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What's new in Cloud FinOps?Cloud FinOps Updates for July/August 2022Send us a textSteve and Frank discuss the Cloud FinOps updates that were released in July/August 2022. In this episode, they highlight some recent Cloud FinOps trends, with a focus on recent AWS news. To find out more about Cloud FinOps, visit our website here.
2022-09-0937 minWhat's new in Cloud FinOps?Cloud FinOps Updates for June 2022Send us a textSteve and Frank discuss the Cloud FinOps updates that were released in June 2022. In this episode they highlight some recent Cloud FinOps news and trends, with a focus on recent AWS announcements. To find out more about Cloud FinOps, visit our website here.
2022-08-0532 minWhat's new in Cloud FinOps?Cloud FinOps Updates for May 2022Send us a textSteve and Frank discuss the Cloud FinOps updates that were released in May 2022. In this episode they highlight some recent Cloud FinOps news and trends, with a focus on recent AWS security announcements. To find out more about Cloud FinOps, visit our website here.
2022-07-1834 minWhat's new in Cloud FinOps?Discussing Cloud FinOps with Kubecost Co-founder, Webb BrownSend us a textIn this episode, Steve and Frank sit down and talk to the founder of Kubecost, Web Brown to discuss cloud FinOps. Webb explains how Kubecost provides real-time cost visibility and insights for teams using Kubernetes, helping you continuously reduce your cloud costs. Webb answers all of Steve and Frank’s questions on how Kubecost’s solution could be beneficial for our listeners.To find out more about Cloud FinOps, visit our website here.
2022-06-0932 minWhat's new in Cloud FinOps?Cloud FinOps Roundup - March 2022Send us a textWe discuss the Cloud FinOps updates that were released in March 2022. We also highlight some recent Cloud FinOps trends.Click here to learn more about Cloud FinOps
2022-04-3042 minWhat's new in Cloud FinOps?Cloud FinOps Updates for February 2022Send us a textWe discuss the Cloud FinOps updates that were released in February 2022. We also highlight some recent Cloud FinOps articles and pull out some key industry trends. Click here to learn more about Cloud FinOps
2022-03-2849 minWhat's new in Cloud FinOps?Cloud FinOps News for 2022Send us a textStephen Old and Frank Contrepois are back to discuss the latest Cloud FinOps news in their first podcast of 2022! They highlight the newest releases from the major cloud providers, share tips and tricks on how to save more money on cloud and discuss how the definition of FinOps has changed over time. Click here to learn more about cloud FinOps.
2022-02-1938 minWhat's new in Cloud FinOps?Even more AWS re:Invent 2021 updates to maximise your budget!Send us a textSteve and Frank have even more announcements to share with you from AWS re:Invent 2021 so decided to record a second episode. There are many exciting updates that will help you to maximise your AWS budget including:Enhanced Amazon S3 Integration for Amazon FSx for LustreAmazon S3 Glacier is the Best Place to Archive Your Data – Introducing the S3 Glacier Instant Retrieval Storage ClassRecycle Bin for EBS SnapshotsAmazon EBS Snapshots ArchiveIntroducing Amazon MSK Serverless in public previewIntroducing Amazon EMR Serverless in previewIntroducing Amazon Redshift Serverless – Run Analytics At Any Scale Without Having to M...
2021-12-0625 minWhat's new in Cloud FinOps?AWS re:Invent 2021 updates that will save you money on cloud!Send us a textWe share the latest cloud FinOps announcements from AWS re:Invent! There were many announcements to choose from, but the topics we've chosen to focus on will help you to save the most money on AWS: Amazon Kinesis Data Streams On-Demand – Stream Data at Scale Without Managing CapacityAWS Marketplace for Containers Anywhere to Deploy Your Kubernetes Cluster in Any EnvironmentStorage-Optimized Amazon EC2 Instances (Im4gn and Is4gen) Powered by AWS Graviton2 ProcessorsAWS Outposts Servers in Two Form FactorsJoin the Preview – Amazon EC2 C7g Instances Powered by New AWS Graviton3 ProcessorsAmazon EC2 M...
2021-12-0325 minWhat's new in Cloud FinOps?Episode 13 - November Cloud FinOps NewsSend us a textSteve and Frank are back with the latest cloud FinOps news for November! This episode covers the following topics:Achieve up to 30% better performance with Amazon DocumentDB (with MongoDB compatibility) using new Graviton2 instancesSheet Change Performance Optimizations is now generally available for Amazon QuickSightAnnouncing general availability of Amazon EC2 G5 instancesAWS Batch introduces fair-share schedulingAmazon EC2 Fleet and Spot Fleet now support automatic instance termination with Capacity RebalancingAmazon Athena adds cost details to query execution plansModernizing compliance: Introducing Risk and Compliance as CodeAnnouncing Spot Pods for GKE Autopilot—save on fault tolerant wo...
2021-12-0320 minWhat's new in Cloud FinOps?Episode 12 - October Cloud FinOps NewsSend us a textAbout this podcastSteve and Frank are back with the latest cloud FinOps news for October! This episode covers the following topics:AWS Fault Injection Simulator now injects Spot Instance InterruptionsAWS Pricing Calculator now supports Amazon CloudFrontIntroducing Amazon EC2 C6i instancesAWS Marketplace announces Purchase Order Management for SaaS contractsAmazon EC2 announces attribute-based instance type selection for Auto Scaling groups, EC2 Fleet, and Spot FleetIntroducing GKE image streaming for fast application startup and autoscalingRun your fault-tolerant workloads cost-effectively with Google Cloud Spot VMsN2D VMs with latest AMD EPYC CPUs...
2021-12-0328 minWhat's new in Cloud FinOps?Episode 11 - September Cloud FinOps NewsSend us a textSteve and Frank are back with the latest cloud FinOps news for September! This episode covers the following topics: Amazon Redshift extends Automatic Table Optimization to support Column Compression EncodingAWS Cost Categories introduces Split Charge rules for allocation of shared costsAmazon MSK adds metrics for increased visibility of capacityAmazon Textract Updates: Up to 32% Price Reduction in 8 AWS Regions and Up to 50% Reduction in Asynchronous Job Processing TimesAmazon Elastic File System introduces Intelligent-Tiering to automatically optimize storage costsAmazon S3 Intelligent-Tiering – Improved Cost Optimizations for Short-Lived and Small ObjectsGeneral availability: Azure Files supports storage cap...
2021-11-2928 minWhat's new in Cloud FinOps?Episode 10 - August NewsSend us a textAfter a bit of a delay caused by holidays, covering holidays, surgeries and the day job, Frank and Stephen are back to talk you through the summer's news on Cloud FinOps.This month there's no main topic as there was so much interesting news and Frank and Stephen chatted far too much!Here's the topics they covered:azon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2021/07/aws-lowers-data-processing-charges-aws-privatelink/ https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/developers-practitioners/optimizing-your-google-cloud-spend-bigquery-and-looker https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/su...
2021-09-0928 minWhat's new in Cloud FinOps?Episode 9 - AWS Free Tier GameSend us a textToday, Frank and Stephen talk through the news (largely from late May - early June) and then discuss what could be built using Free Tiers granted by AWS. The next two episodes will look at Free Tiers in Azure and then GCP (we're going alphabetically).In the news:[AWS] - https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2021/06/identify-and-copy-existing-objects-to-use-s3-bucket-keys-reducing-the-costs-of-server-side-encryption-with-aws-key-management-service-sse-kms/[AWS] - https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2021/06/announcing-per-second-billing-for-ec2-windows-server-and-sql-server-instances/[AWS] - Announcing Amazon Kendra Smaller Units and Price Drop
2021-07-0839 minWhat's new in Cloud FinOps?Episode 8 - Lots of FinOps news in MaySend us a textHello everyone!This month we have lots of exciting things to tell you about! Frank and Stephen have gone through the top FinOps stories from the major vendors and tell you what you need to know.We also dig into the new AWS Application Cost Profiler which begins to help on the journey to cost per user from shared resources.If there's anything else you'd like us to talk about for next time let us know!
2021-06-1525 minWhat's new in Cloud FinOps?Episode 7 - April - How mature is your cloud finance control?Send us a textWhat's new in Cloud FinOps Episode 7 hosted by Stephen Old and Frank Contrepois.This month we go through what's new in Cloud FinOps from the last month and are joined by Strategic Blue's Financial Solution Architect, Jon Bryant, who explains our FinOps Framework.
2021-05-1136 minWhat's new in Cloud FinOps?Episode 6 - March - The ways to forecastSend us a textWhat's new in Cloud FinOps Episode 6 hosted by Stephen Old and Frank Contrepois.This month we go through what's new in Cloud FinOps from the last month, before delving in to different ways to forecast and the pros and cons of them.With Cloud FinOps accelerating and more people asking us about how best to embed it into their organisations we've started with some basic topics (like forecasting this month) and looking at how Cloud may change them compared to traditional IT procurement.
2021-03-2628 minWhat's new in Cloud FinOps?Podcast 5 - February - Re:invent ReviewSend us a textThis month we run through the rather limited news in FinOps this month, before Stephen and Frank dive in to their favourite things from Re:invent. Frank focusses on deep dive technical services such as:AWS CloudShell – Command-Line Access to AWS Resources (https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/aws-cloudshell-command-line-access-to-aws-resources/)New for AWS Lambda – Container Image Support (https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/new-for-aws-lambda-container-image-support/)New for AWS Lambda – 1ms Billing Granularity Adds Cost Savings (https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/new-for-aws-lambda-1ms-billing-granularity-adds-cost-savings/)Introducing new Amazon EBS general purpos...
2021-02-2332 minWhat's new in Cloud FinOps?Episode 4 - January - Recap of 2020 and looking forward to 2021Send us a textToday we have a quick look through what's new in the past month in Cloud FinOps followed by a special guest segment.Our special guest is Jon Bryant, Strategic Blue lead Financial Solutions Architect (FinSA). Jon runs us through the most interesting things we saw in 2020, any trends they may suggest and how things have impacted cloud in the past 12 months. Then we look forward into 2021 and how the new chip releases may impact the cloud market.
2021-01-2537 minWhat's new in Cloud FinOps?Episode 3 - December - Optimising FaaSSend us a textIn this Episode we welcome our friend and Strategic Blue Teaming Partner Dario Ferrer, founder of DFTek. After Steve and Frank go through the news from the last month Dario tells us about how he managed to reduce cost and increase efficiency of a set of cloud functions to create an impressive saving for one of his projects.
2020-12-2238 minWhat's new in Cloud FinOps?Episode 2 - November - Top 10 FinOps TricksSend us a textIn this episode we go through the news from the last month as well as our special monthly topic - Our top 10 FinOps Tricks.News covered:Updates to AWS BudgetsAWS release P4 instancesGraviton chips for RDS and ElasticacheAWS PO Management and updates to Cost CategoriesGCP CloudCDN price changesGCP - Free Coursera for a monthAWS SageMaker price changesAWS updates to instances that can be Hibernated Azure Openshift pricingAzure - Files Premium Tier price changesAzure Spot Updates (AKS and insights)Azure SQL Database Hyperscale reservationsIn the monthly topic, F...
2020-11-1632 min
What's new in Cloud FinOps?Episode 1 - October - Why do Cloud Providers price the way they do?Send us a textIn our first episode, we discuss October's FinOps news and give an in-depth understanding of why the cloud providers price in the way they do.To skip to the bits you want:1:28 - AWS new Graviton Chips3:32 - GCP n2 chips5:08 - AWS Savings Plan Queueing7:26 - Azure Cost Allocator Preview8:33 - Azure Cost Management9:51 - AWS Monthly Granularity on Cost and Usage Report (CUR)11:19 - AWS Cost Anomaly Detector13:48 - AWS Reserved Bandwidth for Elemental MediaConnect15:25 - BIG TOPIC...
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