AWS Cloud Financial Management

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Programmatic Savings Plans Management with AWS CLI and SDK

Programmatic Savings Plans Management with AWS CLI and SDK

In this blog post, we cover how to manage the complete AWS Savings Plans lifecycle using the AWS Command Line Interface (CLI) and SDK. AWS Savings Plans are a flexible pricing model that offers lower prices compared to On-Demand pricing, in exchange for a specific usage commitment (measured in $/hour) for a one or three […]

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Integrate AWS Cost Anomaly Detection Notifications with IT Service Management Workflow – Part 2 ServiceNow

In part one of this blog series, we shared instructions on how you can integrate AWS Cost Anomaly Detection (CAD) notification with Atlassian Jira Service Management (read blog). In part two of the blog series, we will shed light on the integration of CAD with ServiceNow IT Service Management. ServiceNow IT Service Management offers a widely […]

Cost Control Blog Series #2: Automate Cost Control using AWS Service Catalog and AWS Budgets

Customers let us know that they want native, automated spend management capability at the point of self-service resource provisioning. AWS Service Catalog allows you to pre-approve services for your users. With its integration with AWS Budgets, you can create and associate budgets with portfolios and products, and keep your developers informed the resource costs for them to run cost-aware workloads. In this blog post, we will walk you through how you can set up a serverless automated workflow to govern the cost for your AWS Service Catalog portfolio.

Cost Allocation Blog Series #4: Visualize Data Transfer Costs with Cost and Usage Reports, Athena, and QuickSight

The right level of visibility into the shared costs allows organizations to understand the main drivers for these costs and provides insights into cost optimization opportunities. In this blog post, we will share tips on how you can visualize data transfer cost details available in AWS Cost and Usage Reports (AWS CUR) for analysis using Amazon Athena and Amazon QuickSight.