Your FinOps Program is Tracking the Wrong Thing TLDR; It’s ok to spend, just do it wisely/don’t focus on the dollars, focus on the decisions developers make. If you’re sick with a cold then measuring your body temperature is a wise move or maybe if things are really bad a visit to a doctor might …
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Getting Optimization Done TLDR; start small, safe, simple, … with a friendly (aka build trust first). We’ve seen two general approaches to getting optimization done to reduce cloud costs in our customers; the first and most popular is “the stick” where FinOps teams campaign against lines of business development teams with a mantra of “spend …
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Getting Developers to Take Action TLDR; tune the recommendation engine and people will be willing to optimize. You’ve loaded data into Densify and after reviewing recommendations of the cloud optimization software your developers don’t want to take the recommended action – they aren’t trusting, yet. This is one of the top issues identified by the …
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Figure 1, The candy is NOT free! TLDR; Cloud Tagging should be automated, not left to humans. Optimization in the cloud is actually really simple. Here’s how we get our customers thinking differently which in turn makes them successful. “To your developers the cloud is like a candy store is to a kid where all …
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On this episode of Densify Talks, we welcome Mark Watson, CTO at ComplyAdvantage. Andrew and Mark get into a variety of topics, including cloud costs and optimization strategies. Mark shares his insights and experiences with cloud vendors, discussing the challenges of analyzing and predicting cloud growth and the importance of flexibility when choosing providers. Andrew …
So, you have long-term commitments to a Reserved Instance/ Savings Plan/ Committed Use Discount and you’re wondering if Densify’s recommendations will optimize you out of coverage? One of the first considerations for FinOps teams trying to lower their public cloud spend is investing in long-term savings vehicles available from their Cloud Service Provider. These programs …
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On this episode of Densify Talks, Andrew and Luke discuss an array of topics surrounding building a culture of continuous cloud optimization. They delve into the importance of completeness and contextualization when making recommendations, stressing the potential impact of missing factors or terms. The discussion also touches on different industries and their unique peak periods, …
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On this episode of Densify Talks, Josh and Andrew discuss automated instance selection and the importance of letting machines make the resource decisions as cloud environments scale. Speaking from the perspective of a hardware manufacturer, Josh offers unique insight into some of the criteria that affect the performance and cost of hosting apps in the …
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We were excited to learn last week that GigaOm named Densify as both a Leader and an “Outperformer” in its new report “Radar for Cloud Resource Optimization”. This was particularly meaningful to us for a few reasons. The first, obviously to be recognized for the unique capabilities that we have worked so hard on for …
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It’s no secret that Kubernetes is one of the fastest-growing technologies in use today for deploying and operating applications of all types in the cloud. It’s also no secret that Kubernetes’ popularity is a significant contributor to fast-growing cloud bills. FinOps teams are constantly looking for ways to lower their cloud spend, in cooperation with …
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