Google Cloud Billing added spend cap budgets in preview Eligible services can now be tied to budgets that automatically pause usage when estimated costs go above a configured cap. That’s a strong guardrail if you’re trying to stop surprise spend…
Organizations can now commit to Serverless Reservations with an all upfront payment option. Redshift Serverless added an all upfront option for 3-year reservations AWS says this can deliver up to 50% savings over on-demand rates. For teams with steady Redshift…
FinOps Certified Practitioner: Complete Guide to Certification | Exam, Discounts & Study Resources As cloud budgets swell and AI workloads expand, FinOps has become a critical business imperative. FinOps bridges the gap between engineering, finance, and business teams to ensure…
Speed up batch jobs by giving them more instance choice Google Cloud Batch has introduced instance flexibility in Preview, which should help with job placement and capacity availability. Jobs can now specify multiple machine types and rank them. That improves…
See your cloud cost efficiency in one place AWS Billing & Cost Management Dashboards now include a Cost Efficiency widget, which gives FinOps teams a quicker way to track optimization progress. The widget shows efficiency scores over time with account…
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How to Choose the Right AI Model on GCP Without Blowing Your Budget in 2025. In this FinOps Weekly episode, we sit down with Bar to break down how to select the best AI model on Google Cloud’s Vertex AI…
Together with AI Tokenomics: See It. Control It. Scale It. Join this FinOps for AI webinar to learn how to control AI costs, improve visibility, implement governance, and justify AI investments with confidence. 📅 August 27, 2026 🕚 6:00 PM…
Track and optimize agents more easily in Microsoft Foundry Microsoft Foundry added GPT-5.6, hosted agents, tracing, agent optimization, and ROI tracking. The update includes GA hosted agents, tracing and evaluation for agent observability, an agent optimizer, and an ROI feature…
Make AI and HPC images easier to standardize Google Cloud previewed Advanced Compute Images for AI and HPC workloads. These are preconfigured, performance-tuned OS images that include things like drivers, fabrics, and Slurm agents. That can cut operational overhead and…
