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Cloud Cost Optimization Nick Lumsden, Jason Yaeger
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More and more people are building cool stuff in the cloud—but they spend way too much money doing it. The Cloud Cost Optimization Podcast takes a deep dive into the tech and trends of cloud computing and how to maximize its value at the lowest possible cost. We talk to experts in the cloud-native hyperscale world to learn their strategies that cut down waste and find hidden savings right now!
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What do Analysts Have to Say About FinOps?
In this episode, Nick and Jason dive deep into FinOps from the perspective of what analysts are saying. There are emerging reports in the industry and our hosts take us through them in more detail!
The duo discusses the different reports by Forrester and Gartner on FinOps, the cloud, the essence of collaboration, and more. There are insightful affirmative and counter points to every report so tune in to this latest episode of Cloud Cost Optimization.
WORDS TO OPTIMIZE YOUR DAY
THE DRIVING FORCE OF MULTI-CLOUD PROCESSES
“When you start to expand your thinking of cloud into its not just infrastructure service, it is about the right tool for the right job, it is going to be SaaS platforms. We're moving away from the era of software in a data center that you own a license to use and it's sitting there to a consumption-based model for the things you need for your business.” - Nick
Get to know our hosts in the links below:
Nick Lumsden: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicklumsden/
Jason Yaeger: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonyaeger/
Wanna learn more about FinOps and Cloud Cost Optimization? Need help navigating around it or exploring its implementation? Hit us up on Reddit at: https://www.reddit.com/r/cloudcostoptimization/
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What is the FinOps Foundation and What Are Its Goals?
In this episode, Nick and Jason talk about the FinOps Foundation, how it informs organizations of the best practices and standards in the industry, and its overall goals.
The duo discusses the importance of having this community in the space to make sure practitioners and business owners can be well-informed and learn together with others. There's a lot to learn so tune in to this latest episode of Cloud Cost Optimization.
WORDS TO OPTIMIZE YOUR DAY
HOW THE FINOPS FOUNDATION HELPS ORGANIZATIONS APPLY FINOPS PRINCIPLES
“At the end of the day, the ultimate goal of that is that everyone that is a stakeholder or has the ability to inflict change in the cloud is able to take responsibility for their own actions and what they do so it's about informing the entire organization on what day to day decisions they make. How these affect cloud spend, cloud optimization, utilization, etc.” - Jason
Get to know our hosts in the links below:
Nick Lumsden: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicklumsden/
Jason Yaeger: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonyaeger/
Wanna learn more about FinOps and Cloud Cost Optimization? Need help navigating around it or exploring its implementation? Hit us up on Reddit at: https://www.reddit.com/r/cloudcostoptimization/
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Who are the FinOps Team Members within your Organization?
In this episode, Nick and Jason discuss the roles and key players within an organization and who exactly needs to be hands-on with the FinOps work. It's important to recognize these individuals and their responsibilities to understand why certain processes can be better done by certain role players compared to another.
The duo talk about timings when it comes to investments in these key players and how this will help attain cost-efficiency overall. There's a lot to learn so tune in to this latest episode of Cloud Cost Optimization.
WORDS TO OPTIMIZE YOUR DAY
ADDRESS EARLY COMPLAINTS WHEN IT COMES TO THE DATA ENGINEER
“That ends up being this early issue that they deal with is 'I need to optimize, I need to go achieve a certain cut to my cloud bill' or whatever it is. And then following that is 'it's really expensive for me to do this because I'm putting a software engineer or a data engineer on this' and it's taking a ton of their time.” - Nick
Get to know our hosts in the links below:
Nick Lumsden: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicklumsden/
Jason Yaeger: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonyaeger/
Wanna learn more about FinOps and Cloud Cost Optimization? Need help navigating around it or exploring its implementation? Hit us up on Reddit at: https://www.reddit.com/r/cloudcostoptimization/
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What is Needed to Become a FinOps Certified Professional or Practitioner?
In this episode, Nick and Jason discuss the requirements for a FinOps certification and what training you should have or get if you want to get into the field. They also walk us through the baseline knowledge to have as one organizes FinOps inside their own organization.
Aside from the modules, Nick and Jason remind aspiring FinOps professionals about any experience requirements depending on the company or practice as well. Learn more about these in more detail with the latest episode of Cloud Cost Optimization.
WORDS TO OPTIMIZE YOUR DAY
HAVE A BASE-LEVEL UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THE CLOUD IS
“If you're in finance, engineers are going to be coming to you with terminology that you might not understand that's cloud-specific. And if you're an engineer, finance people are going to be talking to you about terminology that you might not quite understand or use on a day-to-day basis.” - Jason
Get to know our hosts in the links below:
Nick Lumsden: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicklumsden/
Jason Yaeger: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonyaeger/
Wanna learn more about FinOps and Cloud Cost Optimization? Need help navigating around it or exploring its implementation? Hit us up on Reddit at: https://www.reddit.com/r/cloudcostoptimization/
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Maximizing Cost Optimization with the Right Considerations With Beko Jang, Part 2
In this episode, Nick and Jason continue the conversation with Beko Jang, Solutions Consultant at awshealth.cloud on helping organizations reach an optimized state. There is an idea that you naturally start with chaos instead of actual architecture to bring order in the optimization journey.
Becko shares his experience in reducing costs while still delivering your services effectively. He also discusses the factors that can give you leverage in the market in terms of customer acquisition cost and how AI has been impacting the cloud cost optimization space. Learn about these in even more detail in this latest episode of Cloud Cost Optimization.
WORDS TO OPTIMIZE YOUR DAY
DO WE NEED MORE DEVELOPERS?
“Capital is going to flow to where it is going to get the best return. And you're not going to get the best return by paying high salary for engineers, you're going to get the best return by hiring 1 or 2 engineers that really know how to use these tools to create 10x the output.” - Beko
Connect with Beko through these links:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bekojang/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/bekojango
Website: https://www.awshealth.cloud/
Get to know our hosts in the links below:
Nick Lumsden: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicklumsden/
Jason Yaeger: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonyaeger/
Wanna learn more about FinOps and Cloud Cost Optimization? Need help navigating around it or exploring its implementation? Hit us up on Reddit at: https://www.reddit.com/r/cloudcostoptimization/
Get a free assessment and optimize your environment at https://www.tenacity.ai/ -
Connecting Healthcare with Cloud Technology With Beko Jang, Part 1
In this episode, Nick and Jason welcome Beko Jang, Solutions Consultant at awshealth.cloud. Healthcare providers need effective cloud solutions to help them make even more efficient diagnostic decisions.
Becko shares his insights on how founders can do a better job in structuring cloud architecture so that they can be better operators and serve the healthcare space more thoroughly. There's a lot to unpack so tune in to this latest episode of Cloud Cost Optimization.
WORDS TO OPTIMIZE YOUR DAY
THE VALUE-BASED CONCEPT COULD LEAD PROVIDERS TO ALLOCATE COSTS MORE CLEARLY
“The rise of the value-based paradigm where you're now under value-based contract meaning you have to report out quality metrics if you want to get paid the amount that you are promised. Because you are now having to carry that risk because it's a paradigm shift from volume to value.” - Beko
Connect with Beko through these links:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bekojang/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/bekojango
Website: https://www.awshealth.cloud/
Get to know our hosts in the links below:
Nick Lumsden: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicklumsden/
Jason Yaeger: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonyaeger/
Wanna learn more about FinOps and Cloud Cost Optimization? Need help navigating around it or exploring its implementation? Hit us up on Reddit at: https://www.reddit.com/r/cloudcostoptimization/
Get a free assessment and optimize your environment at https://www.tenacity.ai/