What's new in Cloud FinOps?
Stephen Old and Frank Contrepois get together to discuss what's new in the world of cloud when it comes to FinOps. There are two monthly episodes, one where we'll discuss the top stories we've found from this month and a second episode where we bring in a friend of the show to talk to us about a topic of their choosing.
What's new in Cloud FinOps?
WNiCF - April 2025 - News
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The FinOps Guys - Stephen Old and Frank Contrepois
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Season 5
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Episode 8
April 2025 news. A lot of news for you, dear listener, from Google, AWS and Azure
Takeaway by the ai
- The FinOps News podcast targets hardcore Phenops enthusiasts.
- Conflict can lead to better team dynamics and outcomes.
- Azure's VM hibernation feature offers cost-efficient workload management.
- Amazon EC2 introduces high-performance storage optimized instances.
- Bare metal instances provide significant performance improvements.
- Prompt optimization in Amazon Bedrock enhances AI model performance.
- AWS Database Migration Service now supports automatic storage scaling.
- Cloud gaming may benefit from new GPU instance offerings.
- The importance of feedback in improving cloud services is emphasized.
- The podcast aims to provide in-depth insights into cloud technology. Amazon S3 has significantly reduced its storage and request prices.
- Google Cloud's FinOps Hub 2.0 offers new tools for cost management.
- GKE now provides insights to optimize resource requests and limits.
- Azure AKS cost recommendations help identify savings opportunities.
- Google Cloud's backup services now support DB2 databases.
- Amazon Redshift introduces serverless reservations for cost predictability.
- AWS CodeBuild enhancements allow for better resource configuration.
- Microsoft Cost Management has improved export functionalities.
- Microsoft Copilot in Azure offers tailored prompts for cost analysis.
- Azure Static Web Apps will discontinue dedicated pricing plans.
