Efficient Cloud FinOps

eBook Details:

• Paperback: 446 pages
• Publisher: WOW! eBook (February 23, 2024)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1805122576
• ISBN-13: 978-1805122579

eBook Description:

Efficient Cloud FinOps: Explore cloud economics and cost optimization for Azure, AWS, and GCP with this practical guide covering methods, strategies, best practices, and real-world examples, bridging theory and application

In response to the escalating challenges of cloud adoption, where balancing costs and maximizing cloud values is paramount, FinOps practices have emerged as the cornerstone of financial optimization. This book serves as your comprehensive guide to understanding how FinOps is implemented in organizations worldwide through team collaboration and proper cloud governance.

Presenting FinOps from a practical point of view, covering the three phases-inform, optimize, and operate-this book demonstrates an end-to-end methodology for optimizing costs and performing financial management in the cloud. You’ll learn how to design KPIs and dashboards for judicious cost allocation, covering key features of cloud services such as reserved instances, rightsizing, scaling, and automation for cost optimization. This book further simplifies architectural concepts and best practices, enabling you to design superior and more optimized solutions. Finally, you’ll discover potential synergies and future challenges, from the integration of artificial intelligence to cloud sustainability considerations, to prepare for the future of cloud FinOps.

• Examine challenges in cloud adoption and cost optimization
• Gain insight into the integration of FinOps within organizations
• Explore the synergies between FinOps and DevOps, IaC, and change management
• Leverage tools such as Azure Advisor, AWS CUDOS, and GCP cost reports
• Estimate and optimize costs using cloud services key features and best practices
• Implement cost dashboards and reports to improve visibility and control
• Understand FinOps roles and processes crucial for organizational success
• Apply FinOps through real-life examples and multicloud architectures

By the end of this Efficient Cloud FinOps book, you’ll have built the expertise to seamlessly implement FinOps practices across major public clouds, armed with insights and ideas to propel your organization toward business growth.