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Updated Cloud Financial Management Digital Training Courses with a New Course Added: “FinOps for GenAI”
AWS enhances FinOps training with updated courses on cloud financial management and a new focus on generative AI cost optimization, supporting professionals' growth and success.
AWS enhances FinOps training with updated courses on cloud financial management and a new focus on generative AI cost optimization, supporting professionals' growth and success.
October 14, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Updated Cloud Financial Management Digital Training Courses with a New Course Added: “FinOps for GenAI”
AWS enhances FinOps training with updated courses on cloud financial management and a new focus on generative AI cost optimization, supporting professionals' growth and success.
AWS enhances FinOps training with updated courses on cloud financial management and a new focus on generative AI cost optimization, supporting professionals' growth and success.
Cost Analysis for Amazon CloudWatch Using Amazon Q CLI and MCP servers
Amazon Q CLI with MCP simplifies CloudWatch cost analysis. Use natural language to identify cost drivers, get optimization tips, and generate detailed reports. Streamlines financial control and improves cloud efficiency.
Amazon Q CLI with MCP simplifies CloudWatch cost analysis. Use natural language to identify cost drivers, get optimization tips, and generate detailed reports. Streamlines financial control and improves cloud efficiency.
October 14, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Cost Analysis for Amazon CloudWatch Using Amazon Q CLI and MCP servers
Amazon Q CLI with MCP simplifies CloudWatch cost analysis. Use natural language to identify cost drivers, get optimization tips, and generate detailed reports. Streamlines financial control and improves cloud efficiency.
Amazon Q CLI with MCP simplifies CloudWatch cost analysis. Use natural language to identify cost drivers, get optimization tips, and generate detailed reports. Streamlines financial control and improves cloud efficiency.
A FinOps Guide to Comparing Containers and Serverless Functions for Compute
Choose Containers or Serverless based on workload, costs, and ops needs. Analyze usage, model costs, consider dev speed and maintenance. Combine both for flexible, cost-effective cloud architectures.
Choose Containers or Serverless based on workload, costs, and ops needs. Analyze usage, model costs, consider dev speed and maintenance. Combine both for flexible, cost-effective cloud architectures.
October 10, 2025 at 8:25 PM
A FinOps Guide to Comparing Containers and Serverless Functions for Compute
Choose Containers or Serverless based on workload, costs, and ops needs. Analyze usage, model costs, consider dev speed and maintenance. Combine both for flexible, cost-effective cloud architectures.
Choose Containers or Serverless based on workload, costs, and ops needs. Analyze usage, model costs, consider dev speed and maintenance. Combine both for flexible, cost-effective cloud architectures.
AWS ranks #1 in Forecasting and Estimation Use Case in Gartner Critical Capabilities for Cloud Financial Management Tools report
AWS leads in cloud financial tools, ranking 1st in forecasting and top 3 in cost efficiency and promotion accountability, per Gartner's 2025 report.
AWS leads in cloud financial tools, ranking 1st in forecasting and top 3 in cost efficiency and promotion accountability, per Gartner's 2025 report.
October 9, 2025 at 11:01 PM
AWS ranks #1 in Forecasting and Estimation Use Case in Gartner Critical Capabilities for Cloud Financial Management Tools report
AWS leads in cloud financial tools, ranking 1st in forecasting and top 3 in cost efficiency and promotion accountability, per Gartner's 2025 report.
AWS leads in cloud financial tools, ranking 1st in forecasting and top 3 in cost efficiency and promotion accountability, per Gartner's 2025 report.
Introducing AWS Pricing Capabilities in Amazon Q Developer: Ask Questions, Get Instant Cost Insights
Amazon Q Developer adds AWS pricing features, enabling real-time cost estimation and optimization via natural language queries, streamlining organizational processes.
Amazon Q Developer adds AWS pricing features, enabling real-time cost estimation and optimization via natural language queries, streamlining organizational processes.
October 8, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Introducing AWS Pricing Capabilities in Amazon Q Developer: Ask Questions, Get Instant Cost Insights
Amazon Q Developer adds AWS pricing features, enabling real-time cost estimation and optimization via natural language queries, streamlining organizational processes.
Amazon Q Developer adds AWS pricing features, enabling real-time cost estimation and optimization via natural language queries, streamlining organizational processes.
Introducing multi-source custom billing views: unified cost management across multiple organizations on AWS
AWS adds custom billing views across orgs, enabling shared access & consolidated multi-source views. Manage costs via Cost Explorer & Budgets from one account.
AWS adds custom billing views across orgs, enabling shared access & consolidated multi-source views. Manage costs via Cost Explorer & Budgets from one account.
October 7, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Introducing multi-source custom billing views: unified cost management across multiple organizations on AWS
AWS adds custom billing views across orgs, enabling shared access & consolidated multi-source views. Manage costs via Cost Explorer & Budgets from one account.
AWS adds custom billing views across orgs, enabling shared access & consolidated multi-source views. Manage costs via Cost Explorer & Budgets from one account.
Your Ultimate Guide to Cloud Financial Management sessions at re:Invent 2025: Know Before You Go
Cloud Financial Management at re:Invent 2025: Guide to diverse sessions (breakouts, chalk talks, workshops, builder's sessions, code talks) for optimal learning and networking in CFM.
Cloud Financial Management at re:Invent 2025: Guide to diverse sessions (breakouts, chalk talks, workshops, builder's sessions, code talks) for optimal learning and networking in CFM.
October 7, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Your Ultimate Guide to Cloud Financial Management sessions at re:Invent 2025: Know Before You Go
Cloud Financial Management at re:Invent 2025: Guide to diverse sessions (breakouts, chalk talks, workshops, builder's sessions, code talks) for optimal learning and networking in CFM.
Cloud Financial Management at re:Invent 2025: Guide to diverse sessions (breakouts, chalk talks, workshops, builder's sessions, code talks) for optimal learning and networking in CFM.
Leveraging AWS Cost Allocation Capabilities to Meet your Business Needs
Cloud cost allocation in AWS is vital for accountability and value. Use accounts, tags, categories, or Billing Conductor aligned with business needs. Start simple, evolve as needed, and review regularly.
Cloud cost allocation in AWS is vital for accountability and value. Use accounts, tags, categories, or Billing Conductor aligned with business needs. Start simple, evolve as needed, and review regularly.
September 20, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Leveraging AWS Cost Allocation Capabilities to Meet your Business Needs
Cloud cost allocation in AWS is vital for accountability and value. Use accounts, tags, categories, or Billing Conductor aligned with business needs. Start simple, evolve as needed, and review regularly.
Cloud cost allocation in AWS is vital for accountability and value. Use accounts, tags, categories, or Billing Conductor aligned with business needs. Start simple, evolve as needed, and review regularly.
Introducing Budget Controls for AWS: Automatically Manage Your Cloud Costs
AWS Budget Controls: Open-source tool for new users to monitor and limit cloud spending. Automatically alerts, pauses, or deletes resources based on cost thresholds, preventing unexpected expenses.
AWS Budget Controls: Open-source tool for new users to monitor and limit cloud spending. Automatically alerts, pauses, or deletes resources based on cost thresholds, preventing unexpected expenses.
September 6, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Introducing Budget Controls for AWS: Automatically Manage Your Cloud Costs
AWS Budget Controls: Open-source tool for new users to monitor and limit cloud spending. Automatically alerts, pauses, or deletes resources based on cost thresholds, preventing unexpected expenses.
AWS Budget Controls: Open-source tool for new users to monitor and limit cloud spending. Automatically alerts, pauses, or deletes resources based on cost thresholds, preventing unexpected expenses.
Improve cost visibility of Machine Learning workloads on Amazon EKS with AWS Split Cost Allocation Data
EKS now supports split cost allocation for accelerated workloads, tracking container-level costs for GPUs. Available in AWS Cost and Usage Report across commercial regions at no extra cost.
EKS now supports split cost allocation for accelerated workloads, tracking container-level costs for GPUs. Available in AWS Cost and Usage Report across commercial regions at no extra cost.
September 2, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Improve cost visibility of Machine Learning workloads on Amazon EKS with AWS Split Cost Allocation Data
EKS now supports split cost allocation for accelerated workloads, tracking container-level costs for GPUs. Available in AWS Cost and Usage Report across commercial regions at no extra cost.
EKS now supports split cost allocation for accelerated workloads, tracking container-level costs for GPUs. Available in AWS Cost and Usage Report across commercial regions at no extra cost.
AWS Announces Billing and Cost Management MCP Server
AWS Billing and Cost Management MCP server enables AI assistants to access advanced FinOps features, allowing cloud teams to perform cost analysis and optimization through natural language queries.
AWS Billing and Cost Management MCP server enables AI assistants to access advanced FinOps features, allowing cloud teams to perform cost analysis and optimization through natural language queries.
August 22, 2025 at 8:14 PM
AWS Announces Billing and Cost Management MCP Server
AWS Billing and Cost Management MCP server enables AI assistants to access advanced FinOps features, allowing cloud teams to perform cost analysis and optimization through natural language queries.
AWS Billing and Cost Management MCP server enables AI assistants to access advanced FinOps features, allowing cloud teams to perform cost analysis and optimization through natural language queries.
Streamline AWS cost analytics with new customized Billing and Cost Management Dashboards
AWS launches Billing and Cost Management Dashboards, enabling customized views of billing data, cost insights, and shared reporting across accounts for improved financial decision-making.
AWS launches Billing and Cost Management Dashboards, enabling customized views of billing data, cost insights, and shared reporting across accounts for improved financial decision-making.
August 20, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Streamline AWS cost analytics with new customized Billing and Cost Management Dashboards
AWS launches Billing and Cost Management Dashboards, enabling customized views of billing data, cost insights, and shared reporting across accounts for improved financial decision-making.
AWS launches Billing and Cost Management Dashboards, enabling customized views of billing data, cost insights, and shared reporting across accounts for improved financial decision-making.
Understanding AWS Savings Plan Recommendations: Payer vs. Linked Account Views
AWS Savings Plans offer up to 72% savings vs on-demand pricing. For multi-account orgs, understanding recommendations at payer and linked account levels helps manage Savings Plans at scale as AWS footprint grows.
AWS Savings Plans offer up to 72% savings vs on-demand pricing. For multi-account orgs, understanding recommendations at payer and linked account levels helps manage Savings Plans at scale as AWS footprint grows.
August 11, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Understanding AWS Savings Plan Recommendations: Payer vs. Linked Account Views
AWS Savings Plans offer up to 72% savings vs on-demand pricing. For multi-account orgs, understanding recommendations at payer and linked account levels helps manage Savings Plans at scale as AWS footprint grows.
AWS Savings Plans offer up to 72% savings vs on-demand pricing. For multi-account orgs, understanding recommendations at payer and linked account levels helps manage Savings Plans at scale as AWS footprint grows.
Simplify Departmental Cost Allocation with AWS Organizations and Lambda
AWS Organizations and Lambda enable automated departmental cost allocation, replacing manual tracking. This solution provides clear visibility into spending across departments, streamlining the allocation process.
AWS Organizations and Lambda enable automated departmental cost allocation, replacing manual tracking. This solution provides clear visibility into spending across departments, streamlining the allocation process.
July 16, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Simplify Departmental Cost Allocation with AWS Organizations and Lambda
AWS Organizations and Lambda enable automated departmental cost allocation, replacing manual tracking. This solution provides clear visibility into spending across departments, streamlining the allocation process.
AWS Organizations and Lambda enable automated departmental cost allocation, replacing manual tracking. This solution provides clear visibility into spending across departments, streamlining the allocation process.
AWS Price List Gets a Natural Language Upgrade: Introducing the AWS Pricing MCP Server
AWS releases open-source tool for natural language pricing queries. Ask about costs for specific resources and get instant answers through AI assistants using the Model Context Protocol.
AWS releases open-source tool for natural language pricing queries. Ask about costs for specific resources and get instant answers through AI assistants using the Model Context Protocol.
July 16, 2025 at 12:31 AM
AWS Price List Gets a Natural Language Upgrade: Introducing the AWS Pricing MCP Server
AWS releases open-source tool for natural language pricing queries. Ask about costs for specific resources and get instant answers through AI assistants using the Model Context Protocol.
AWS releases open-source tool for natural language pricing queries. Ask about costs for specific resources and get instant answers through AI assistants using the Model Context Protocol.
Automating Budget Management Across Multi-Account Environments
Centralized AWS budget management system tracks spending across accounts, sets custom thresholds, and sends automated alerts, enabling efficient cost control from a single management account.
Centralized AWS budget management system tracks spending across accounts, sets custom thresholds, and sends automated alerts, enabling efficient cost control from a single management account.
July 10, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Automating Budget Management Across Multi-Account Environments
Centralized AWS budget management system tracks spending across accounts, sets custom thresholds, and sends automated alerts, enabling efficient cost control from a single management account.
Centralized AWS budget management system tracks spending across accounts, sets custom thresholds, and sends automated alerts, enabling efficient cost control from a single management account.
How to Set Up Automated Alerts for Newly Purchased AWS Savings Plans
FinOps teams need to monitor AWS Savings Plans for efficiency. This solution uses CloudFormation templates to create automated systems that track utilization and alert on underused plans within the return period.
FinOps teams need to monitor AWS Savings Plans for efficiency. This solution uses CloudFormation templates to create automated systems that track utilization and alert on underused plans within the return period.
June 26, 2025 at 10:09 PM
How to Set Up Automated Alerts for Newly Purchased AWS Savings Plans
FinOps teams need to monitor AWS Savings Plans for efficiency. This solution uses CloudFormation templates to create automated systems that track utilization and alert on underused plans within the return period.
FinOps teams need to monitor AWS Savings Plans for efficiency. This solution uses CloudFormation templates to create automated systems that track utilization and alert on underused plans within the return period.
Navigating GPU Challenges: Cost Optimizing AI Workloads on AWS
GPU optimization: Procurement, AWS accelerators, alternatives, managed services, sharing, containers, monitoring. Holistic approach maximizes AI/ML performance and cost-efficiency, building sustainable practices for the future.
GPU optimization: Procurement, AWS accelerators, alternatives, managed services, sharing, containers, monitoring. Holistic approach maximizes AI/ML performance and cost-efficiency, building sustainable practices for the future.
June 23, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Navigating GPU Challenges: Cost Optimizing AI Workloads on AWS
GPU optimization: Procurement, AWS accelerators, alternatives, managed services, sharing, containers, monitoring. Holistic approach maximizes AI/ML performance and cost-efficiency, building sustainable practices for the future.
GPU optimization: Procurement, AWS accelerators, alternatives, managed services, sharing, containers, monitoring. Holistic approach maximizes AI/ML performance and cost-efficiency, building sustainable practices for the future.
Optimizing cost for deploying Amazon Q
Amazon Q cost optimization tips: Choose right pricing tier, manage users strategically, optimize content indexing, improve cost predictability. Balance functionality and efficiency for both Q Business and Q Developer implementations.
Amazon Q cost optimization tips: Choose right pricing tier, manage users strategically, optimize content indexing, improve cost predictability. Balance functionality and efficiency for both Q Business and Q Developer implementations.
June 13, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Optimizing cost for deploying Amazon Q
Amazon Q cost optimization tips: Choose right pricing tier, manage users strategically, optimize content indexing, improve cost predictability. Balance functionality and efficiency for both Q Business and Q Developer implementations.
Amazon Q cost optimization tips: Choose right pricing tier, manage users strategically, optimize content indexing, improve cost predictability. Balance functionality and efficiency for both Q Business and Q Developer implementations.
Optimize Your AWS Spend with New Cost Savings Features in AWS Trusted Advisor
AWS Trusted Advisor adds 15 new cost optimization checks from AWS Cost Optimization Hub, expanding capabilities to provide more actionable insights and consistent cost savings recommendations for customers.
AWS Trusted Advisor adds 15 new cost optimization checks from AWS Cost Optimization Hub, expanding capabilities to provide more actionable insights and consistent cost savings recommendations for customers.
June 5, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Optimize Your AWS Spend with New Cost Savings Features in AWS Trusted Advisor
AWS Trusted Advisor adds 15 new cost optimization checks from AWS Cost Optimization Hub, expanding capabilities to provide more actionable insights and consistent cost savings recommendations for customers.
AWS Trusted Advisor adds 15 new cost optimization checks from AWS Cost Optimization Hub, expanding capabilities to provide more actionable insights and consistent cost savings recommendations for customers.
Quick MoM Cost Analysis with Cost Comparison in AWS Cost Explorer
New AWS Cost Explorer feature automates month-over-month cost analysis, helping identify spending variations across services, accounts, and regions. Quickly explains changes in usage, discounts, and credits.
New AWS Cost Explorer feature automates month-over-month cost analysis, helping identify spending variations across services, accounts, and regions. Quickly explains changes in usage, discounts, and credits.
June 5, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Quick MoM Cost Analysis with Cost Comparison in AWS Cost Explorer
New AWS Cost Explorer feature automates month-over-month cost analysis, helping identify spending variations across services, accounts, and regions. Quickly explains changes in usage, discounts, and credits.
New AWS Cost Explorer feature automates month-over-month cost analysis, helping identify spending variations across services, accounts, and regions. Quickly explains changes in usage, discounts, and credits.
The authenticated AWS Pricing Calculator is now generally available
AWS Pricing Calculator now available in Billing Console. Improves estimate accuracy with discounts. Model costs for migrations, workload changes, and commitments. Easily plan and optimize AWS spending.
AWS Pricing Calculator now available in Billing Console. Improves estimate accuracy with discounts. Model costs for migrations, workload changes, and commitments. Easily plan and optimize AWS spending.
June 5, 2025 at 2:03 AM
The authenticated AWS Pricing Calculator is now generally available
AWS Pricing Calculator now available in Billing Console. Improves estimate accuracy with discounts. Model costs for migrations, workload changes, and commitments. Easily plan and optimize AWS spending.
AWS Pricing Calculator now available in Billing Console. Improves estimate accuracy with discounts. Model costs for migrations, workload changes, and commitments. Easily plan and optimize AWS spending.
AWS Compute Optimizer now supports Aurora I/O-Optimized Recommendations
AWS Compute Optimizer now offers recommendations for Aurora DB clusters, analyzing costs and identifying ways to use I/O-Optimized storage to save money and improve price predictability for I/O-heavy workloads.
AWS Compute Optimizer now offers recommendations for Aurora DB clusters, analyzing costs and identifying ways to use I/O-Optimized storage to save money and improve price predictability for I/O-heavy workloads.
June 5, 2025 at 1:02 AM
AWS Compute Optimizer now supports Aurora I/O-Optimized Recommendations
AWS Compute Optimizer now offers recommendations for Aurora DB clusters, analyzing costs and identifying ways to use I/O-Optimized storage to save money and improve price predictability for I/O-heavy workloads.
AWS Compute Optimizer now offers recommendations for Aurora DB clusters, analyzing costs and identifying ways to use I/O-Optimized storage to save money and improve price predictability for I/O-heavy workloads.
From San Diego to Your Organization: Latest AWS Announcements for FinOps X 2025
Despite overcast skies, FinOps X conference in San Diego buzzed with energy. In just 1.5 days, attendees had insightful talks, leading to feature enhancements aimed at brightening daily FinOps operations.
Despite overcast skies, FinOps X conference in San Diego buzzed with energy. In just 1.5 days, attendees had insightful talks, leading to feature enhancements aimed at brightening daily FinOps operations.
June 4, 2025 at 6:23 PM
From San Diego to Your Organization: Latest AWS Announcements for FinOps X 2025
Despite overcast skies, FinOps X conference in San Diego buzzed with energy. In just 1.5 days, attendees had insightful talks, leading to feature enhancements aimed at brightening daily FinOps operations.
Despite overcast skies, FinOps X conference in San Diego buzzed with energy. In just 1.5 days, attendees had insightful talks, leading to feature enhancements aimed at brightening daily FinOps operations.
Join Us at FinOps X 2025: Your Guide to All Things AWS
AWS team at FinOps X 2025 in San Diego, June 2-5. Find them at various locations to connect and engage with the FinOps community. Opportunity for quality time with AWS representatives during the conference.
AWS team at FinOps X 2025 in San Diego, June 2-5. Find them at various locations to connect and engage with the FinOps community. Opportunity for quality time with AWS representatives during the conference.
May 21, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Join Us at FinOps X 2025: Your Guide to All Things AWS
AWS team at FinOps X 2025 in San Diego, June 2-5. Find them at various locations to connect and engage with the FinOps community. Opportunity for quality time with AWS representatives during the conference.
AWS team at FinOps X 2025 in San Diego, June 2-5. Find them at various locations to connect and engage with the FinOps community. Opportunity for quality time with AWS representatives during the conference.