Cloud Computing
How to Use Spot Instances Safely for Reliable Cloud Performance
How to use spot instances safely — workload selection, eviction handling, and the architectural patterns that keep performance reliable on spot pricing.
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FinOps & cloud cost optimisation.
Finops
FinOps in Multi-Cloud: Strategies for Unified Cost Governance
FinOps strategies for multi-cloud environments — how to unify cost visibility, governance, and accountability across AWS, Azure, and GCP.
Cost Optimization
Machine Learning for Predictive Cloud Cost Optimization
How machine learning turns cloud cost data into predictive optimization — anomaly detection, forecasting, and right-sizing that learn from history.
Finops Framework
Implementing the FOCUS Specification for Azure
How to implement the FOCUS specification on Azure: tagging policies, cost allocation, and the structure that brings clarity to multi-cloud billing.
Finops
Implementing FinOps in a Hybrid Cloud Environment
FinOps for hybrid cloud: a unified approach to cost visibility and accountability when workloads run across on-prem, Azure, and AWS.
Finops
Integrating FinOps with DevOps for Enhanced Cloud Efficiency
How to bring financial accountability into the DevOps lifecycle — making cost data visible, actionable, and continuous across the delivery pipeline.
Cost Anomalies
Cloud Cost Anomalies: Detection and Response Guide
An Azure cost anomaly that runs three weeks is a four-figure mistake. Real-time detection: baselines, scoping, alert routing — and the response playbook.
Cost Optimization
How To Run AI In The Cloud While Keeping Costs Under Control
How to run AI workloads in the cloud without runaway GPU bills: right-sizing, spot instances, auto-scaling, and shutting idle clusters down.
Finops Framework
Key Updates in the 2025 FinOps Framework
Scopes, revised principles, and renamed domains — the three structural changes in the 2025 FinOps Framework and what they mean for Azure teams.
Cost Allocation
How to Identify and Reclaim Unused Resources
How to identify and reclaim unused cloud resources — orphaned disks, idle VMs, abandoned snapshots, and the automation that cleans them up safely.