What's new in Cloud FinOps?

In 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 prioritization in FinOps practices and the impact of economic factors on cloud optimization. The conversation explores the challenges of budget allocation and accountability in large organizations, particularly in the context of cloud spending. It highlights the difficulty of breaking down budgets and creating visibility at the team level. The speakers discuss the gap between accountability and responsibility for spend and the struggle to implement changes as organizations scale. They also touch on the importance of cultural change and the need for champions within the organization to drive FinOps practices. The conversation concludes with a discussion of upcoming events and the global adoption of FinOps.KeywordsFinOps, State of FinOps, team structure, automation, executive buy-in, priorities, sustainability, focus, economic factors, cloud optimization, budget allocation, accountability, cloud spending, team level breakdowns, cultural change, champions, upcoming events, global adoptionAI generated.

In 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 basementIt 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 - NewsGood amount of news, some sarcastic comments and lot of opinions :) Frank's interview with StephFinOps X websiteFrank 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: podcast@finopsguys.co.uk

First 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 podcast@finopsguys.co.uk

This 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: podcast@finopsguys.com

An 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). The ending is a hopeful prediction that sustainability will take off in 2024. We (Frank Contrepois and Stephen Old) needed some help, so we called in the incredibly knowledgeable Lucas Partore to provide some credibility :) 

Last 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 podcast@finopsguys.co.ukPS: we are still thinking (vaguely) about a website.

Loads 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: podcast@finopsguys.co.uk

Another 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: podcast@finopsguys.co.uk

!!!! 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.

Alee 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. 

!!!! 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

Cloud 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 discovered many new things, smashed some assumptions and enjoyed the power of data. Some links connected with the episode: AMD versus Intel in the latest AWS generation: AWS M7i & M7aIs the new AWS R7zi so much better than the non-z version?What is the difference between the M7i vs M7i-flex

Frank and Stephen remember some fun facts from the last three years of podcasting about FinOps. 

Frank 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.

Frank 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.

Based 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. 

Curious 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

Frank 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!

Is 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!