The FinOps Alliance

JUNE 9, 2022

In this blog, I will explain the importance of unit metrics for FinOps by describing a realistic scenario in which a unit metric is derived from an app function, and then used to build a workload efficiency KPI. Even when you have a mature FinOps team, it is not possible for a centralized team to analyze efficiency on every workload.

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ProsperOps

JANUARY 31, 2023

FinOps Basics: What is Cloud Cost Optimization? To address these challenges, many organizations have assembled FinOps teams that bring finance, IT, product and business leaders together to make data-driven spending decisions. needs to evolve to meet the needs of modern FinOps and DevOps teams. Cloud Cost Optimization 1.0

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Azure FinOps

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

To focus on Azure, the subject of this blog, there was an expectation that using FinOps methods, for example, making architectural choices based in part on runtime cost impacts would be sufficient to achieve observability of cost generators. Relief” might be too strong; certainly, simplification.

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AWS FinOps

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

In part two of our forecasting blog series, we’re going to explore how you can establish a cost forecasting culture in your organization. In your organization it might be called any number of names such as: Cloud Financial Management, Cloud Operations, Cloud Center of Excellence, or FinOps team.

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The FinOps Alliance

APRIL 14, 2023

This blog is written to provide some practical tips to get started on Cloud Sustainability. AWS Architecture Blog has a blog post on How to select a Region for your workload based on sustainability goals. Cost-efficiency Cloud Sustainability is at the intersection with FinOps. no hardware to write off).

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ProsperOps

APRIL 26, 2023

This includes streamlining complex cloud financial management (FinOps) processes, which is why I am excited to announce our latest feature, Dynamic Prepay Amortization Tracking. An Automated Approach to Amortization Tracking with ProsperOps We’re on a mission to automate and simplify savings for cloud customers.

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The FinOps Alliance

OCTOBER 12, 2022

In this blog post series, we will first cover how S3 Intelligent-Tiering works, and the different variables influencing the decision followed by a second blog post where we will dive deeper into concrete examples. appeared first on The FinOps Alliance.

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CloudCheckr

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Will this solution support our organization’s FinOps journey ? Multi-cloud cost management — all in one platform Learn how CloudCheckr solves problems for FinOps, DevOps, SecOps, InfoSec, and other business leaders. Instead, put together a series of LinkedIn posts, blog posts, or videos based on what you learned.

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ProsperOps

MARCH 16, 2023

Our platform is watching usage changes in real-time and acting accordingly, maximizing savings and freeing you to focus on other valuable FinOps tasks. Read our blog on maximizing savings on cyclical workloads for a detailed example. As such, we require no advanced notice of usage changes, no matter how large.

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finout

MARCH 13, 2024

This blog explores why fixed pricing may be a better choice than the common practice of charging per K8s pod, explaining how it can ease budgeting, simplify billing, and save money for companies using cloud services. When managing costs in Kubernetes (K8s) deployments, choosing the right pricing model is crucial.

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ProsperOps

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

If you aren’t familiar with ESR yet, please take a moment to review at least this introductory ESR blog post before reading further. In part 2 of our ESR blog series , we share examples of how optimizing for coverage and utilization alone can lead you astray and produce inferior savings outcomes.

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ProsperOps

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

If you aren’t familiar with ESR yet, please take a moment to review at least this introductory ESR blog post before reading further. In part 2 of our ESR blog series , we share examples of how optimizing for coverage and utilization alone can lead you astray and produce inferior savings outcomes.

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finout

MARCH 13, 2023

We wanted to take the existing advice a bit further and add a few extra tips to help you save on your infrastructure costs.

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ProsperOps

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Erik Carlin, co-founder and CPO at ProsperOps, recently joined the FinOps Guys podcast to share his take on FinOps metrics including Effective Savings Rate (ESR). So the focus of ProsperOps is really to take software and use it to deliver better FinOps outcomes.”

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AWS FinOps

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

We’re at the final blog of our forecasting series! In this blog, we’re going to review three options at your disposal to help automate the creation of your forecast: AWS Cost Explorer – the lightest weight solution for visualizing and forecasting your cost and usage. It is now time to put pen to paper and create your forecast.

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AWS FinOps

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

In our first blog, we discussed how to improve your financial predictability , and in the second, how to establish a cost forecasting culture in your organization. In this blog, we’re going to deep dive into forecasting strategy; specifically, understanding and building driver-based forecasts.

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AWS FinOps

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

This blog highlights some opportunities that customers could really benefit from, and offers guidance on how to take advantage of them, and, therefore, the savings. This handy blog, ‘ Cost Optimization Checklist for Amazon ECS and AWS Fargate ’, will walk you through methods such as rightsizing, autoscaling, and utilizing Spot.

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