AWS Cloud Financial Management
Tag: Cost Management
Getting Started with AWS Billing Conductor
Starting today, you can access AWS Billing Conductor (hereinafter referred to as “ABC”), a new service that enables AWS customers and reseller partners to customize billing data and reporting in a way that aligns with your unique business logic.
Read MoreCost Control Blog Series #3: How to Handle Cost Shock
Voiced by Amazon Polly One of the biggest benefits of the cloud is the ability to scale dynamically and reduce costs by paying for only what you use, when you need it. However, when development teams aren’t prepared for this newfound flexibility, cost shock and unexpected cost spikes can occur. If you are new to […]
Read MoreA Conversation with Duda’s DevOps team
One of our focuses this year is to share more customer stories with you. We recently sat down with one of our customers and a valued partner – Duda to reflect upon their Cloud Financial Management (CFM) journey. In this blog post, we will give you a brief overview on how they tackled this important task.
Read MorePreview: Anomaly Detection and alerting now available in AWS Cost Management
The democratization of cloud technology brings autonomy and agility to end users, who can access and spin up resources quickly. Builders get to experiment ideas, develop applications, and deploy products globally to meet local customers’ needs. Organization leaders want to unleash the team’s creativity and accelerate the time-to-market, while keeping the cloud cost within limits. […]
Read MoreGetting Started with AWS Purchase Order Management
As part of the procure-to-pay process, many AWS customers use Purchase Orders (“POs”) to procure AWS services and approve invoices for payment. Customers have told us that they want to use separate POs for different types of purchases and need the ability to track their PO information to ensure that valid POs are used for their invoices.
Read MoreCost Explorer Forecasting API Improvement
We have further enhanced our forecasting algorithm to allow a same day start date so customers can always access and view their historical and predicted costs in their Cost Management console and via Cost Explorer API without any gaps. Prior to this change, the current date was an invalid start date for calls to GetCostForecast […]
Read MoreLaunch: Cloud Financial Management services available in China
We are pleased to announce the AWS Cost Management suite of products is now available in AWS China (Ningxia) Region, operated by NWCD, and in AWS China (Beijing) Region, operated by Sinnet. The services and features include AWS Cost Explorer, AWS Budgets, AWS Cost and Usage Report (CUR), Reserved Instances Recommendation and Reporting, and EC2 […]
Read MoreWhat’s New in the AWS Well-Architected Cost Optimization Pillar
We recently released an updated version of the Cost Optimization pillar of the AWS Well-Architected Framework with a heavy focus on Cloud Financial Management. Since releasing the AWS Well-Architected Tool at re:Invent 2018, we’ve continued to work with customers, partners, and other AWS subject matter experts to understand how we can improve the tool and […]
Read MoreHow to build a chargeback/showback model for Savings Plans using the CUR
This blog is contributed by Shankar Ramachandran, Solutions Architect, Optimization Enterprise customers who leverage consolidated billing on AWS often have the need to do internal cost allocation. This can be challenging, particularly when using pricing models such as Savings Plans. In this blog post, we will provide prescriptive guidance on how to build an equitable […]
Read MoreLaunch: Cost Management on AWS Console Mobile Application
We are pleased to announce that AWS Cost Management Console is now available on the AWS Console Mobile Application. This means you can now check your cost and usage information anywhere anytime on the go. Getting started If you haven’t done so, you can download the AWS Console application from your Apple App Store, Google […]
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