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Featured

6 minute read

| April 17, 2024

Understanding AWS End of Service Life Is a Key FinOps Responsibility

Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced extended support prices for Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS), prompting some businesses to reevaluate how they manage their cloud... Read More

Cost

5 minute read

| January 18, 2024

Kubernetes Benchmark Report: Managing K8s Workload Costs in 2024

Digital transformation and shifting to the cloud continue to be priorities for most organizations. According to Flexera’s 2023 Tech Spend Pulse, 75% of respondents indicated... Read More

Cost

7 minute read

| January 3, 2024

The Kubernetes Cost Features You Need in 2024

In the rapidly evolving Kubernetes ecosystem, managing costs effectively is as critical as ensuring operational efficiency. To make the most of your shift to cloud native... Read More

Cost

14 minute read

| October 10, 2023

Top 6 Things to Know about Kubernetes Spending (and How to Manage It)

Kubernetes makes it easy to deploy and scale containerized applications quickly and efficiently, and when built in alignment with best practices, it can increase the... Read More

General

11 minute read

| September 21, 2023

Building a Kubernetes Platform: How to Handle Cost Management & Reporting

Platforms, sometimes called internal developer platforms, are a unified infrastructure that allows all the development teams you have in your company, whether it be two or 20... Read More

Cost

4 minute read

| July 27, 2023

How to Adapt the FinOps Model for Kubernetes

As we continue to deploy more applications and services to production in Kubernetes environments, our financial strategies around managing costs in Kubernetes must adapt... Read More

Cost

8 minute read

| July 11, 2023

4 Ways to Improve Long Term Kubernetes Capacity & Cloud Costs in Kubernetes

Today, who isn’t looking for ways to minimize costs and increase efficiency? The uncertain economic environment is causing many organizations to take another look at cloud... Read More

Cost

4 minute read

| June 26, 2023

Explore K8s Cost Allocation and Right-sizing at FinOps X

FinOps X is an excellent event for those looking to discuss FinOps, improve on current practices, and explore the complex intersection of FinOps and Kubernetes. Kubernetes,... Read More

Cost

7 minute read

| March 23, 2023

How to Accelerate Your Kubernetes Cost Journey Through Best Practices

Organizations are moving to the cloud and building new cloud-native applications and services in Kubernetes to increase the scalability and availability of new offerings.... Read More

Cost

7 minute read

| February 6, 2023

2023 Kubernetes Benchmark Report: The State of Kubernetes Workload Costs

Organizations continue to move to the cloud. In fact, according to Flexera’s 2022 Tech Spend Pulse, 65% of respondents place cloud and cloud migrations as a top priority for... Read More

Cost

4 minute read

| February 1, 2023

You’re Not Monitoring Kubernetes Cost, and You Should Be

When I got my first (real) job washing dishes at an ice cream and sandwich shop, I spent every single penny I made in my first few paychecks. Then my dad suggested I start... Read More

Cost

13 minute read

| December 22, 2022

How to Implement FinOps and Increase Your Kubernetes Cost Avoidance

Many organizations recently started using Kubernetes in production and are just beginning to see what the Kubernetes and cloud costs really look like. It is not uncommon for... Read More