What's new in Cloud FinOps?

Send 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. The conversation explores the challenges of budget allocation and accountability in large organizations, particularly in the context of cloud spending. It highlights the difficulty of breaking down budgets and creating visibility at the team level. The speakers discuss the gap between accountability and responsibility for spend and the struggle to implement changes as organizations scale. They also touch on the importance of cultural change and the need for champions within the organization to drive FinOps practices. The conversation concludes with a discussion of upcoming events and the global adoption of FinOps.KeywordsFinOps, State of FinOps, team structure, automation, executive buy-in, priorities, sustainability, focus, economic factors, cloud optimization, budget allocation, accountability, cloud spending, team level breakdowns, cultural change, champions, upcoming events, global adoptionAI generated.

Send 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 <- most important news :)Azure cache for Redis, BigQuery cost savingsAmazon RDS custom for SQL ServerAzure SQL managed instance improvementsChanges in AWS cost managementAWS Cost CategoryRetroactive application of cost allocation tagsAWS billing and cost management data export with CloudFormationReserved instances for Amazon Aurora Postgres Optimized ReadDataflow streaming commits use discountsAzure updates for enterprise customers Azure AI speechAmazon SageMaker Canvas pricingAWS Compute Optimizer supporting more EC2 instance typesFree data transfer out of AWS and AzureTagging with registering or copying AMIs in Amazon EC2Updates to the FinOps framework, Azure carbon optimization tool for tracking emissions Increased default quota for CloudWatch log APIs AWS extending the lifespan of servers. They also briefly discuss Intel's losses and changes in the chip industry.

Send 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. 

Send 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

Send 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

Send 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

Send 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 will take off in 2024. We (Frank Contrepois and Stephen Old) needed some help, so we called in the incredibly knowledgeable Lucas Partore to provide some credibility :) 

Send 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.

Send 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

Send 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