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Demystify FinOps with our comprehensive glossary. Learn key terms like chargeback, showback, committed spend, and more to master cloud cost optimization
Introduction Okay, let's be honest, "FinOps" might sound a bit intimidating. But trust me, it's a super cool field that's growing like crazy. Basically, it's all about making sure companies…
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March 13, 2025Tags: Cloud cost optimization , cloud financial operations , FinOps analyst , FinOps career , FinOps certifications , FinOps engineer , FinOps jobs , FinOps personas , FinOps salary , FinOps skills , FOCP. Introduction In today's cloud-first environment, controlling Azure costs is paramount. As your Azure footprint expands, the complexity of managing expenses escalates. The Azure FinOps Toolkit is your solution. This powerful,…
AWS structures its AI/ML offerings into three layers: infrastructure, generative AI platforms, and applications. At the foundation is the infrastructure tier, featuring hardware and Amazon SageMaker for building and deploying ML models. The middle layer, Amazon Bedrock , offers access to leading large language models (LLMs) and other foundational models, enabling businesses to scale generative AI applications efficiently. The top layer includes user-friendly applications that leverage generative AI without requiring specialized knowledge or coding.
Managing cloud costs effectively is no longer a luxury—it's a necessity. As cloud adoption grows, so does the complexity of tracking and optimizing cloud spending. That's where FinOps comes in.…
Why FinOps Matters for Product Teams The Growing Complexity of Cloud Costs Cloud-native environments have transformed how organizations build and manage applications, bringing greater scalability, flexibility, and speed. Yet, this…
Taming Cloud Costs with GCP Preemptible VMs: A Practical Guide
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February 24, 2025Tags: Batch Processing , Cloud Computing , Cloud cost optimization , Cloud Costs , Cloud Financial Management , Cloud Pricing , Compute Engine , Cost Savings , Fault Tolerance , FinOps , GCP , Google Cloud Platform , Managed Instance Groups , MIGs , Preemptible VMs , Preemption , Spot VMs , Virtual Machines BigQuery is Google Cloud's powerful data warehouse, designed to handle massive datasets with speed and efficiency. But like any high-performance engine, it needs the right fuel. In BigQuery, that fuel…
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February 23, 2025Tags: autoscaling , BigQuery , BigQuery slots , Cloud cost optimization , cost management , data warehouse , flat-rate pricing , Google Cloud , on-demand pricing , query performance , slot estimator , slot optimization , workload analysis
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