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Send 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. 

Send 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

Send 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, smashed some assumptions and enjoyed the power of data. Some links connected with the episode: AMD versus Intel in the latest AWS generation: AWS M7i & M7aIs the new AWS R7zi so much better than the non-z version?What is the difference between the M7i vs M7i-flex

Send us a textFrank and Stephen remember some fun facts from the last three years of podcasting about FinOps. 

Send 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.

Send 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.

Send 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. 

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

Send 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!

Send 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!