FinOps

CAST AI Adds Tools to Optimize Kubernetes Clusters
CAST AI's Automated Workload Rightsizing tool ensures Kubernetes workloads are efficiently sized and managed to reduce costs ...

Getting Started With Kubecost: Open Source Cost Management for K8s
Tools like Kubecost are an invaluable asset for any organization aiming to monitor and manage Kubernetes and cloud spending ...

Cloud-Native Costs Can Fool You
The decision of whether to operate an application in the cloud or keep it on-premises involves a nuanced analysis ...

Day 2 Kubernetes Cost Challenges
Kubernetes provides a powerful container orchestration platform, enabling you to efficiently deploy, scale and manage containerized applications. But like any other technology, Kubernetes comes with its own long-term challenges that could be ...

Adopting FinOps in a Large-Scale Cloud Deployment
One of the biggest issues related to large-scale cloud deployments is overspending. It’s no surprise that as organizations scale their cloud-native Kubernetes environments, the associated costs rise along with that growth. However, ...

Analyzing Kubernetes Workload Costs? Compare to the Benchmark
Moving to the cloud is a critical business initiative for many organizations. According to Flexera’s 2022 Tech Spend Pulse, 65% of respondents state that cloud and cloud migrations are one of their ...

Why Kubernetes Costs Spiral Out of Control—And How to Prevent It
As even small and mid-sized organizations migrate to Kubernetes, many are surprised to find themselves with whistle-inducing public cloud bills. In the CNCF’s most recent FinOps for Kubernetes report, 68% of respondents ...

Rafay Systems Adds Kubernetes Cost Management
At the AWS re:Invent 2022 conference, Rafay Systems this week announced it is adding a Cost Management Service to its platform for managing Kubernetes clusters. Praveen Kashimsetty, director of product management for ...

Kubecost Adds SaaS Edition to Control Kubernetes Costs
Kubecost today announced limited availability of a software-as-a-service (SaaS) edition of a Kubernetes cost management platform. The Kubecost Cloud platform is based on the open source OpenCost software originally developed by parent ...

You Can’t Afford To Not Be in the Cloud
Consider the following story: “I went into my CEO’s office. Our CEO is a very driven, technical, hands-on CEO. All technical decisions have to go through him before the company goes forward ...