Podcasts Technology The Cloudcast 2023 Look Ahead to FinOps

2023 Look Ahead to FinOps

Published: Jan. 25, 2023, 6 a.m.

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Matt Ray (@mattray, Senior Community Manager for OpenCost) talks about the evolution of FinOps, alignment between Eng and Finance, and FinOps best practices.\\xa0

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Topic 1 - Welcome to the show. Tell us a little bit about your background, and where you focus on Cloud Cost Management today.

Topic 2 - The cloud has been around for more than a decade. Why does it seem like Cloud Cost Management has suddenly become such a big topic of discussion over the last couple years - is it mostly the pandemic and economy (interest rates), or more driven by end-user behaviors\\u2026.or both?\\xa0

Topic 3 - What do best practices for Cost Management look like today? It is mostly about having the right monitoring tools, or is it how groups are organized, or something else?

Topic 4 - How in the world can any finance person understand the nuances of all the services that are available in the cloud, and how they might impact both architecture and ultimately the bill? Who needs to be educating them?\\xa0

Topic 5 - How do most companies engage around cost management? Does it start with cost management tools and then bring in consultants (e.g. Corey Quinn) if they can\\u2019t figure things out? Or is it the CFO getting heavy-handed and setting strict policies?\\xa0

Topic 6 - Let\\u2019s talk about OpenCost.\\xa0

Topic 7 - Given all the variables involved, can you be useful in the cloud cost management space if they don\\u2019t have a strong background in building applications or architecture?\\xa0

Topic 8 - What are some of the areas of cloud cost management that are most interesting to you today?\\xa0

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