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December 5, 2024

FinOps Essentials: Strategies for Smarter Cloud Spending

Cloud computing has transformed the way teams operate, providing unparalleled scalability and flexibility.

November 14, 2024

Achieving Cost-Effective Scaling in Kubernetes

Scaling applications in Kubernetes can be both a necessity and a challenge.

October 31, 2024

Celebrating OpenCost’s Journey to CNCF Incubation

I’m thrilled to announce that OpenCost has reached CNCF Incubating status!

01/20/2017

Identifying Expensive AWS Resources With Custom Reports and Dimensions

01/13/2017

Choosing the Right RDS Instance for the Job

Vendor Management

01/04/2017

3 Ways to Optimize & Align Your Vendor Portfolio to Your IT Strategy

07/12/2016

Introducing Resource-Level AWS Cost & Usage Analytics

06/15/2016

Saving with AWS RDS: Identifying the Top Three Cost Drivers

DevOps

06/05/2016

7 Steps of Agile System Analysis Process

04/25/2016

m4.large vs. c4.large: Examining the Two AWS EC2 Instances

03/31/2016

t2.Large vs. m4.Large: An AWS EC2 Comparison

AWS, Committed Usage Discount

03/15/2016

Understanding Scheduled Reserved Instances from AWS

IT Strategy & Planning, TBM

02/08/2016

How to Run an IT Monthly Business Review

AWS, Committed Usage Discount

09/25/2015

Red Line vs. Green Line: Reporting on Reserved Instance Coverage and Waste

IT Metrics & Benchmarking

07/13/2015

Metric Monday: CapEx Ratios

AWS, Committed Usage Discount

08/14/2014

Stage IV of AWS Cost Efficiency: Developing a Reserved Instance Purchasing Strategy

07/22/2014

Stage III of AWS Cost Efficiency: Optimizing EC2 Usage

AWS, Cloud Cost Allocation

07/16/2014

Stage II of AWS Cost Efficiency: Cost Allocation and Chargeback

Project Management

04/29/2014

How To Make Decisions With 4 Quadrants

Cost Optimization, IT Cost Allocation

02/28/2014

Best Practices: Activity-Based Costing IT Cost Allocation Strategy

Cost Optimization, IT Cost Allocation

01/24/2014

Best Practice Guide to Allocating IT Costs

AWS, Cloud Tagging

07/11/2013

The Seven Unexpected Nuances of Using AWS Tags

AWS, Cloud Tagging

06/21/2013

AWS Tags: 3 Simple Rules for Cost Management

Agile Planning

09/07/2012

Visual Encoding

Agile Planning

10/22/2009

BDD and User Story Specification: Examples

Agile Metrics, Project Management

12/26/2007