FinOps automation gets a big boost with AWS FinOps Agent Amazon just previewed AWS FinOps Agent, a new agent that can answer cost questions, surface optimization opportunities, investigate anomalies, and even open tickets or post findings. The preview is available…
A stronger cost management toolkit for Azure workloads Azure Cosmos DB now has a public preview cost estimator that lets you model throughput, storage, regions, and capacity modes before provisioning. It’s designed to help teams forecast costs and choose deployments…
BigQuery billing gets a more efficient model for autoscaling BigQuery just made fluid scaling generally available, and the big win here is per-second billing with no minimum duration for autoscaling reservations. That means workloads can scale more granularly without running…
Better cost visibility lands across AWS tools AWS rolled out the new Pricing Change Analysis Dashboard, and it’s built to show how pricing changes affect your spend. The dashboard tracks every AWS pricing change across the SKUs you use and…
How to Advance Your Tech Career with the FinOps Lattice: A Framework for Practitioners Who Feel Stuck Discover the FinOps Lattice, a 5-role career framework designed for FinOps professionals ready to level up. From end-user practitioner to builder, cloud provider,…
Track trace data with SQL in Observability Analytics Cloud Trace is now GA in Observability Analytics, and Google Cloud says you can query trace data with SQL, join it with logs, and chart the results. That makes trace analysis much…
Reduce network rework with higher Azure Virtual Network defaults Azure Virtual Network increased default limits for NSGs and route tables, including higher quotas for security rules and routing. Azure says the change is meant to reduce friction when scaling workloads.…
Get tighter control over Bedrock throughput limits Amazon Bedrock Service Quotas for the bedrock-mantle endpoint now show per-model input and output tokens-per-minute limits, along with other quota details. That gives teams a clearer view of the throttles that can affect…
Build More Flexible Governance Without Fighting Policy Limits AWS Organizations increased Service Control Policy quotas, raising attachments per node from 5 to 10 and expanding maximum SCP size from 5,120 to 10,240 characters. That gives organizations more room to write…
Put Idle Slot Sharing Under Better Control BigQuery reservation groups are now generally available, with idle slot sharing prioritized inside a group before slots are offered to other reservations. That makes reservation behavior more predictable for organizations with multiple workload…
