Send us Fan Mail July Episode — What's New in Cloud FinOps Episode Summary In this July episode of What's New in Cloud FinOps, Frank and SteveO cover a packed set of cloud and AI cost-management updates across AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, Oracle, Alibaba, and OpenAI. The conversation focuses on how cloud vendors are changing pricing models, improving observability, and adding new ways to optimize compute, storage, and AI workloads. The standout theme is that AI and cloud economics are becoming...

Send us Fan Mail Title: What's New in Cloud FinOps - June 2026 Hosts: Frank Contrepois and SteveO Summary In this episode, Frank and SteveO navigate through the latest cloud offerings and AI advancements, revealing how these updates impact performance, costs, and operational strategies across Azure, AWS, and AI applications. Stay tuned for insights into new VM generations, cost management tools, and cutting-edge AI features. Key Topics: Azure's new Cobalt 200V and 100V VMs deliver up to 50% ...

Send us Fan Mail Summary: In this episode, Frank and SteveO discuss the latest updates in cloud technology for May 2026. They cover AWS's new multi-cloud connectivity with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, the general availability of Amazon EC2 M3 Ultra Mac instances, and Microsoft's release of V7 VMs powered by Intel Xeon processors. The hosts also delve into Amazon Bedrock's expanded support for request-level usage attribution and service quotas, as well as AWS Marketplace's new programmatic pro...

Send us Fan Mail What's New in Cloud FinOps: May 2026 Monthly Recap In this combined monthly recap for May 2026, Frank Contrepois and Stephen Old dive into a vast array of updates across AWS, Google Cloud, and Azure, with a special focus on the evolving landscape of AI FinOps, hybrid cloud challenges, and a barrage of storage news. The Expanding Scope of FinOps: From Data Centre to AI The discussion opens by exploring the expansion of FinOps beyond the public cloud to encompass on-premise dat...

Send us Fan Mail This month, Frank Contrepois and Steven Old interview Yasmin Rajabi. A few weeks ago, we picked a topic. Then, just five minutes before recording, we all changed our minds. In the end, we didn’t discuss any of the planned subjects and went with the flow. And what an amazing flow it was! This is one of the best interviews we've ever done. It was engaging, sparked memories, and created new content for all FinOps practitioners listening. Yasmin will need to return soon so we can...

Send us Fan Mail Frank and Stephen discuss the latest updates in cloud technology, focusing on AWS and Azure. They cover topics like EC2 Fleet's new interruptible capacity reservation, Azure pricing challenges, and the retirement of certain virtual machine sizes. They also explore the benefits of Google's TPU 7x for AI training and the introduction of AWS's Sustainability Console for carbon emission tracking. The conversation touches on the importance of risk management in business decisions ...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of What’s New in Cloud FinOps?, Frank and Stephen break down the latest shifts in cloud usage, pricing, and governance so you don’t have to read the release notes from vendor blog posts.

Send us Fan Mail This episode covers the latest updates in cloud computing, including AWS Spot Interruption metrics, new EC2 instances, Azure and GCP enhancements, and cost management innovations. Perfect for cloud professionals seeking actionable insights and industry trends. keywords Key topics: AWS Spot Interruption MetricsNew EC2 Memory-Optimized InstancesAzure and GCP Cloud EnhancementsCost Management and Optimization StrategiesCapacity Constraints and AI Impact

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Frank and Stephen share the latest in cloud computing. They focus on AWS innovations, like new EC2 instances, generative AI advancements, and cost management strategies. They explore how AI integrates into cloud services and introduce Amazon Nova 2 for advanced reasoning tasks. They also discuss improvements in billing and support services. The conversation includes updates from Azure and Google Cloud, showcasing the changing cloud technology landscape and it...

Send us Fan Mail and then went in all sorts of interesting rabbit holes. Link on the CUR data pipeline open source tool: https://ecos-labs.io/ Merry Christmas everyone and see you in 2026