What's new in Cloud FinOps?
66 episodes - English - Latest episode: 9 days ago - ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsStephen 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.
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WNiCF - Interview with Izhak Zimmermann - I don't believe in tagging
June 14, 2024 20:00 - 39 minutes - 27.2 MBIzhak "I don't believe in tagging" Zimmermann discusses with Stephen and Frank about the importance of focusing on business value in the context of FinOps, emphasising the need to understand cloud costs within the context of business goals. He introduces a new approach to FinOps that leverages new technology and insights to support business goals and drive business value. The conversation covers the challenges of understanding cloud costs, the use of networking data to understand costs, and ...
WNiCF - May 2024 - News
June 06, 2024 08:00 - 35 minutes - 24.4 MBSummary In this episode of What's New in Cloud FinOps, Frank and Stephen discuss a wide range of cloud-related news and updates. They cover topics such as Azure VM hibernation, Azure Compute Fleet, Google Cloud TPU, Amazon EC2 C7i Flex, DynamoDB, AWS Marketplace, Cloud Run, and more. The conversation also delves into the complexities of cloud pricing, energy progress, and the impact of cloud technology on businesses.
WNiCF - Interview with Mike Stephenson - Azure Free tier and other
May 24, 2024 18:00 - 36 minutes - 24.8 MBIn this episode, Steve, Frank and Mike discuss the benefits of using the free tier in Microsoft Azure. They explore the various free offerings available, such as Azure Cosmos DB, Azure DevOps, and speech-to-text translation. They also discuss the importance of monitoring costs and implementing processes to prevent unexpected expenses. Mike shares insights on cost optimization for Cosmos DB and announces an upcoming video on the topic.
WNiCF - April 2024 - News
May 17, 2024 07:00 - 43 minutes - 30.2 MBSummary In this episode, Frank and Steve discuss the latest news from Google, Azure, and AWS. They cover topics such as new instance types, ARM-based CPUs, storage options, cost optimization, and Kubernetes cost allocation. The conversation also touches on the challenges of reducing storage and the importance of billing cost data in Cloud FinOps. In this conversation, Steve and Frank discuss various updates and announcements from different cloud providers. They cover topics such as multi...
WNiCF - Interview with Rob Martin - The Updated FinOps Framework
April 16, 2024 09:00 - 40 minutes - 27.6 MBThis month we talk about the FinOps Framework. The Framework has been vastly improved and updated to match what FinOps practitioners are doing, in the tranches. Who better than Rob Martin to guide us into the Framework? No-one. And we like him so much that he is the first returning interviewee. --- In this episode, we (SteveO and Frank) interview Rob Martin from the FinOps Foundation to discuss the recent updates to the FinOps framework. We talk about the process of updating the fra...
WNiCF - Interview with Steve Trask - The State of FinOps
April 11, 2024 13:00 - 43 minutes - 29.6 MBIn 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 prioritiza...
WNiCF - March 2024 - News
April 05, 2024 17:00 - 40 minutes - 28 MBIn this episode, Frank and Steve discuss various news and updates in the cloud industry. They cover topics such as New AMD instances in Azure Holographic stickers <- most important news :) Azure cache for Redis, BigQuery cost savings Amazon RDS custom for SQL Server Azure SQL managed instance improvements Changes in AWS cost management AWS Cost Category Retroactive application of cost allocation tags AWS billing and cost management data export with CloudFormation Reserved inst...
WNiCF - cross podcast with Donal Bourke - Careers in FinOps
March 18, 2024 14:00 - 46 minutes - 31.6 MBIn 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 basement It 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.
WNiCF - February 2024 - News
March 02, 2024 11:00 - 34 minutes - 23.7 MBWNiCF - February 2024 - News Good amount of news, some sarcastic comments and lot of opinions :) Frank's interview with Steph FinOps X website 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: [email protected]
WNiCF - January 2024 - News
February 09, 2024 13:00 - 25 minutes - 17.6 MBFirst 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 [email protected]
WNiCF - Interview with Dimiris Perdikou - Gamification and public sector
February 06, 2024 15:00 - 40 minutes - 28 MBThis 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: [email protected]
WNiCF - FinOps 2023 trends with Lucas Paratore
January 24, 2024 11:00 - 57 minutes - 39.4 MBAn 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)....
WNiCF - December 2023 - News
January 18, 2024 20:00 - 32 minutes - 22.2 MBLast 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 [email protected] PS: we are still thinking (vaguely) about a website.
WNiCF - November 2023 - News
December 20, 2023 15:00 - 55 minutes - 38.2 MBLoads 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: [email protected]
WNiCF - Interview with Assaf Flatto
December 15, 2023 14:00 - 34 minutes - 24 MBAnother 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: [email protected]
WNiCF - October 2023 - News
November 13, 2023 18:00 - 34 minutes - 23.8 MB!!!! You can now contact us at podcast(at)finopsguys.co.uk !!!! Frank and Stephen review the plethora of news from AWS, Azure and GCP for October 2023. A lot of updates this month. 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.
WNiCF - Interview with Alee Whitman - Don't say the S word
November 01, 2023 14:00 - 44 minutes - 30.6 MBAlee made what Stephen and I think is the best talk at FinOps X 2023. and we recommend you watch it before listening to the episode. The (kind of) driving topic is "What would have changed from the talk", but as usual, the episode is full of stories, comments, ideas and fun.
WNiCF - September 2023 - News
October 13, 2023 13:00 - 32 minutes - 22.1 MB!!!! You can now contact us at podcast(at)finopsguys.co.uk !!!! Frank and Stephen review the plethora of news from AWS, Azure and GCP for September 2023. A lot of updates this month. 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. Azure virtual machine sizes naming conventions
WNiCF - Interview with Anthony Monthe - The cloud benchmarker
October 10, 2023 15:00 - 33 minutes - 23.1 MBCloud vendor announces new instance types every month, and the content of the announcement is always the same: "The new instance is faster, shinier and cheaper than the previous one." But is it true? And what about other instances in the same generation but with different CPU vendors? Anthony tests it all. He checks every new instance appearing in one of the 200 (yes, that is two hundred) cloud vendors he follows and shares the data on Cloud Mercato. In this episode, Stephen and I have...
3 Years of What's New in Cloud FinOps
October 06, 2023 07:00 - 17 minutes - 12.3 MBFrank and Stephen remember some fun facts from the last three years of podcasting about FinOps.
WNiCF - August 2023 - News
September 15, 2023 13:00 - 42 minutes - 28.9 MBFrank and Stephen go through the plethora of news from AWS, Azure and GCP for August 2023. A lot of updates this month. 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.
WNiCF - July 2023 - News
August 10, 2023 18:00 - 34 minutes - 24 MBFrank and Stephen go through the plethora of news from AWS, Azure and GCP for July 2023. A lot of updates this month. 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.
WNiCF - June 2023 - News
July 27, 2023 10:00 - 27 minutes - 19.1 MBBased on the audio, it might sound as if Frank is in a small wooden box; you would be almost correct, as the small meeting room I was in is horrible from a sound perspective. Frank and Stephen go through the plethora of news from AWS, Azure and GCP for June 2023. A lot of updates this month. 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.
WNiCF - Interview with Steph Gooch and Marit Hughes during FinOps X - When do you start FinOps?
July 03, 2023 19:00 - 49 minutes - 34 MBCurious about when doing FinOps starts? Join hosts Frank and Stephen as they tap into the expertise of FinOps gurus Stephanie Gooch and Marit Hughes. Get ready for an exploration filled with unexpected detours, captivating insights, and bursting with infectious energy, "We had a lot of fun recording. The positive vibe can be felt when listening to the episode" - Frank. This incredible recording was done in San Diego during FinOps X 2023
WNiCF - May 2023 - News
June 24, 2023 07:00 - 39 minutes - 27.3 MBFrank and Stephen go through the plethora of news from AWS, Azure and GCP for May 2023. The most updates we've seen from the vendors in a while, 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. Going to FinOps X? Come speak to us there and if you fancy doing an episode or a short story/interview we'd love to get you on the podcast!
WNiCF - Interview with Marit Hughes - Public/Private Sector comparisons
May 30, 2023 13:00 - 51 minutes - 35.4 MBIs FinOps the same in every organisation? Absolutely not! It varies massively by organisation but also by sector. This month Frank and Steve catch up with long time friend of Frank's (and new time friend of Steve) Marit Hughes. Marit brings her expansive knowledge and experience to help bring some colour to the differing challenges of FinOps in private sector and public sector as well as discussing that Enterprises in terms of how they act, often live somewhere in between!
WNiCF - April 2023 News
May 19, 2023 15:00 - 35 minutes - 24.2 MBJoin Frank and Stephen talking through the latest news from FinOps in April 2023. A nice mix of AWS, Azure and even a bit of GCP. Covering topics like new instances, some "free tier" stuff and even ABC (you can find out what that is by listening!). Also watch out for our next interview with Marit Hughes!
WNiCF - March News 2023
April 28, 2023 13:00 - 25 minutes - 17.8 MBFrank and Steve dive into what's new in March 2023, with some cool stuff in AWS and Azure and even digging deep into the release notes of google to find some more cool things. The episode is topped off by learning about some of Frank's really cool research, and for our native French listeners, look out for Frank's new French version of the news!
WNiCF - "Woman" in FinOps with Deana Solis
April 21, 2023 09:00 - 49 minutes - 33.8 MBA fantastic episode with our friend Deana Solis, a senior FinOps Engineer who is heavily involved in the FinOps Foundation and Women in FinOps. She tells the story of "Woman" in FinOps and also her career in general. A really down to earth individual, Deana lets us in to the realities of her journey and why the linear career isn't the most interesting!
WNiCF - Getting Engineers to take action with Bartosz Kupiecki
March 23, 2023 14:00 - 33 minutes - 23 MBThis month we're joined by our friend Bartosz Kupiecki, the Head of FinOps at IncreDevo. Their team saw the issue, and attacked it with an engineering mindset, building a tool to manage the process. In this podcast we learn about their journey and how they attacked the problem. We've all been there, we all know the pains, it's great to hear from someone who really attacked the problem and has felt the pains.
WNiCF - February News - 2023
March 08, 2023 14:00 - 33 minutes - 23 MBStephen and Frank dive into the latest news from FinOps in February, as well as a bit of a discussion on Azures FX changes that have increased customers pricing. We also look at the changes to Azure RIs. Actually as a whole there's a lot less AWS on this episode and quite a lot more Azure and GCP! Well worth a listen.
WNiCF - What's new in January - 2023 (Better late than never...)
February 28, 2023 08:00 - 22 minutes - 15.3 MBHello everyone, This month we talk about everything that was new in January from the cloud vendors (which sadly wasn't loads) and go through the potential benefits or ramifications. We also discuss our addition of a new sustainability section and will work to find interesting articles on this topic too (beyond the cloud vendors). Apologies it's a bit late, between holidays and sick kids, we've been a bit delayed.
WNiCF Interview with Tom Cross - FinOps in action - The Migration
February 23, 2023 09:00 - 36 minutes - 24.8 MBWe're joined by our good friend Tom Cross at Air Lingus, who talks to us about the challenges of FinOps in reality. Tom helps us talk through the challenges of trying to keep FinOps in mind during the migration and why it so easily can drop down the agenda. This is a slightly different episode where we very informally talk about the realities of the job! We hope you enjoy!
Guest Episode - Erik Carlin - FinOps Metrics - ESR
January 25, 2023 12:00 - 43 minutes - 30.1 MBThis month Erik Carlin of ProsperOps joins Steve and Frank in discussing metrics for FinOps, specifically focussing on Effective Savings Rate (ESR). With a history of how it came about as well as where to find more information their to support the community, Erik shows his wealth of knowledge in the FinOps world.
WNiCF - December 22 News - Last bits of the year.
January 19, 2023 13:00 - 27 minutes - 18.8 MBA quick run through of the new FinOps updates from December, completing the updates for 2022. Stephen and Frank go through the key topics as usual: Data/DBs Visibility (Billing conductor - Tags - cost categories) Commitment Savings Storage Instances Misc/Silly
Special - Re:invent Recap (More than just FinOps)
December 21, 2022 11:00 - 46 minutes - 32 MBFrank and Steve lament on trips to Vegas over the years, with Frank going to this year's Re:invent again in person. We discuss our favourite bits of news (which was quite a lot) and you may notice that while in the Keynotes Sustainability was discussed a lot, not much comes across in the latest releases. We even have updates from Steve's favourite AWS service he'll never use and a lot more instance types than we can shake a stick at! Thanks for listening and please have a wonderful end...
WNiCF - November News - GCP Flex CUDS and technical sound fails by Steve!
December 14, 2022 12:00 - 42 minutes - 29.1 MBIn our latest news episode, we round up everything that's happened outside of Re:invent in November (Special Re:invent Episode to follow). We also discuss some changes to the format, our new website (yet to launch) and our ongoing aim to share our learning and research. Please see Transcript for list of all of the articles used this month.
Special Guest - Mark Butcher - Sustainability/GreenOps - How do you get started?
November 15, 2022 16:00 - 44 minutes - 30.5 MBOur friend Mark Butcher joins Frank and Steve on a very fun episode discussing the incredibly important topic of sustainability. We cover topics such as: What do the terms mean? How do you get started? How good are the tools?
October Updates (2022) - Latest news plus Ignite conference quick review
November 15, 2022 13:00 - 28 minutes - 19.8 MBFrank and Stephen delve into all the FinOps related news and releases of October, covering a wide variety of topics and blogs. They then dig into their favourite releases from Microsoft Ignite in and out of the FinOps world.
Special Guest - Rob Martin - FinOps Education with the "Chief Story Teller"
November 03, 2022 10:00 - 43 minutes - 29.7 MBFrank and Stephen are joined by their friend Rob Martin, Director of Learning from the FinOps foundation. We talk about how to get into FinOps, what paths might be suitable based on your background and all of the wonderful resources available from the FinOp Foundation. We talk about our own education journeys with FinOps and how it's still such an exciting time to get involved!
September Updates - Big Azure Saving Plan release included
November 01, 2022 11:00 - 33 minutes - 22.8 MBFrank and Steve take time between interviews to go through the latest news from September. This includes Azure's new Savings Plans where we cover: What they are. How they work. What are the gotchya's? as well as a bit about why they exist. Next episode will be a chat with Rob Martin about FinOps education, released in the next week.
TJ Guest Special - Social Aspects of FinOps
October 21, 2022 15:00 - 39 minutes - 27 MBToday Frank and Steve are joined by TJ (Anthony Johnson), Cloud Business Manager at Box. TJ talks to us about the new working group he's launched as part of the FinOps Foundation, Social Aspects of FinOps, as well as walking us through his journey and experiences to date. We also briefly touch on Unit Economics which TJ has promised to come and do another episode on. As part of the relaunch of the Podcast under "The FinOps Guys", we'll now do two types of episodes, ones covering the news...
Cloud FinOps Updates for July/August 2022
September 09, 2022 08:00 - 37 minutes - 25.7 MBSteve and Frank discuss the Cloud FinOps updates that were released in July/August 2022. In this episode, they highlight some recent Cloud FinOps trends, with a focus on recent AWS news. To find out more about Cloud FinOps, visit our website here.
Cloud FinOps Updates for June 2022
August 05, 2022 13:00 - 32 minutes - 22 MBSteve and Frank discuss the Cloud FinOps updates that were released in June 2022. In this episode they highlight some recent Cloud FinOps news and trends, with a focus on recent AWS announcements. To find out more about Cloud FinOps, visit our website here.
Cloud FinOps Updates for May 2022
July 18, 2022 15:00 - 34 minutes - 23.5 MBSteve and Frank discuss the Cloud FinOps updates that were released in May 2022. In this episode they highlight some recent Cloud FinOps news and trends, with a focus on recent AWS security announcements. To find out more about Cloud FinOps, visit our website here.
Discussing Cloud FinOps with Kubecost Co-founder, Webb Brown
June 09, 2022 16:00 - 32 minutes - 22.2 MBIn this episode, Steve and Frank sit down and talk to the founder of Kubecost, Web Brown to discuss cloud FinOps. Webb explains how Kubecost provides real-time cost visibility and insights for teams using Kubernetes, helping you continuously reduce your cloud costs. Webb answers all of Steve and Frank’s questions on how Kubecost’s solution could be beneficial for our listeners. To find out more about Cloud FinOps, visit our website here.
Cloud FinOps Roundup - March 2022
April 30, 2022 16:00 - 42 minutes - 29.1 MBWe discuss the Cloud FinOps updates that were released in March 2022. We also highlight some recent Cloud FinOps trends. Click here to learn more about Cloud FinOps
Cloud FinOps Updates for February 2022
March 28, 2022 17:00 - 49 minutes - 33.9 MBWe discuss the Cloud FinOps updates that were released in February 2022. We also highlight some recent Cloud FinOps articles and pull out some key industry trends. Click here to learn more about Cloud FinOps
Cloud FinOps Updates for February 2022
March 28, 2022 17:00 - 49 minutes - 33.9 MBWe discuss the Cloud FinOps updates that were released in February 2022. We also highlight some recent Cloud FinOps articles and pull out some key industry trends. Click here to learn more about Cloud FinOps
Cloud FinOps News for 2022
February 19, 2022 13:00 - 38 minutes - 26.7 MBStephen Old and Frank Contrepois are back to discuss the latest Cloud FinOps news in their first podcast of 2022! They highlight the newest releases from the major cloud providers, share tips and tricks on how to save more money on cloud and discuss how the definition of FinOps has changed over time. Click here to learn more about cloud FinOps.