Author: Steph Gooch

When FinOps Practitioners share recommendations for cost optimization, they can often be met with a “No”, a “I can’t right now”, or “It’s not my priority” from a Developers (Devs). According to the FinOps Foundation’s “State of FinOps 2023” report, the number one pain point was getting engineers to take action. But, I am here to say, “it’s not the Devs fault!” We spoke with customers who have overcome this roadblock and want to share the lessons learned with you! This blog will walk through 10 ways you can work with your engineers to establish a FinOps culture at your organization.

That’s a wrap on Season 6 of the AWS cost Twitch show, ‘The Keys to AWS Optimization”. In case you missed it or are looking to explore a new cost optimization resource, we’re sharing the top 3 episodes of Season 6.

In some cases, users can be hindered with access to all available cost data for an organization. With Row Level Security (RLS), you can restrict the data a user can see to a subset of the business most relevant to them. In this blog, we’re going to walk you through how Telenor implemented RLS on its Multi-Payer Cost Dashboards, and how you can, too.

When starting your CFM practice, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed, or like you’re already behind the curve. You’re not alone.  To help, we’ve answered the top 4 questions we hear from customers when they’re first getting started so you can kickstart your Cloud Financial Management journey with confidence. Is there a particular order that you […]

In the final blog of our 4-part Starting your Cloud Financial Management journey series, we’ll look at how CFM fits into the structure of your business via processes, polices, and people that are key in your cloud journey.

In this blog, we’ll share tools you can setup, pricing models you can take advantage of, and services you can use that will help you identify cost optimization opportunities in your workloads.

As your company starts to innovate faster, develop new solutions, and take advantage of the flexible model of the cloud, you need to ensure your CFM setup can handle it all. To help you get started, this blog series is going to take you through each of the four AWS CFM principles: See, Save, Plan, and Run. We’ll give you practical recommendations you can implement to set your business up for success.

We’re at the final blog of our forecasting series! If you’ve been following along the past few weeks, you have explored creating a process for more effective forecasting, establishing a forecasting culture, and building driver-based forecasting. It is now time to put pen to paper and create your forecast. But where do you start? How […]

That’s a wrap for Season 4 of the top-rated AWS Twitch show, ‘The Keys to AWS Optimization.’ Hosts Steph Gooch and Alex Head share stories, concepts, and solutions to help you unlock your spend at AWS. Each week they’re joined by a special guest to give you actionable insights and recommendations you can walk away […]

Following re:Invent 2021 and all the amazing announcements, there are so many new and exciting ways for customers to optimize cloud spend. 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.