What's new in Cloud FinOps?

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!

Send 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!

Send 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!

Send 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!

Send 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.

Send 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.

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.