Finops & DevOps: United We Stand, Divided We Fall

#LearningFOCUS episode 6: Service columns Learn about the columns that help you identify and categorize services across cloud and SaaS providers. This differs from what you might expect if you're used to native columns, like meter category, so tune in to see what's different and how you can leverage these columns in your FinOps reports. https://lnkd.in/d4vmKb_e

Hello FinOps friends, Super excited by the open source launch of OpenOps! We got the founder Amit Saar to tell us about this exciting project on the podcast. https://lnkd.in/d7j6hsqW #FinOps #OpenSource

Mesmo com muita chuva, ontem aconteceu nosso primeiro S?o Paulo Meetup da FinOps Foundation Nossos convidados Rendell Arruda (Banco PAN ), Caio Mu?oz e Cristiano Casado (Grupo OLX ) trouxeram insights significativos para a Comunidade de FinOps. Obrigada por aceitar o convite e o desafio de falar para um público de mais de 140 pessoas. Quero também agradecer a essa Comunidade, que mesmo embaixo de chuva, n?o deixou de comparecer ao nosso já tradicional encontro. C6 Bank foi um anfitri?o incrível disponibilizando um espa?o impecável. E agora n?o estou mais sozinha na fun??o de Embaixadora. Meus amigos e companheiros de jornada Cloud FinOps agora se tornaram também Embaixadores: André Fortes Tayná Regina Celestrino e Vitor Collares . Estou muito feliz de tê-los nesse desafio! E obrigada mais uma vez aos nossos voluntários Caio Miranda Vanessa Lovato e Paulo Henrique Dantas Nosso próximo encontro acontecerá dia 26 de Mar?o, no Rio de Janeiro, na VTEX . Espero vocês lá! #FinOpsFoundation #FinOps #SaoPauloMeetup #FinOpsCommunity #GrupoOlx #BancoPan #C6Bank

Having a hard time visualizing what FOCUS is? This Sandbox should help. ?????? ?????????????? ???? ???????? ???????? to get a clear understanding of what FOCUS datasets look like and the insights you can get out of them - https://lnkd.in/giv4aRXk

This past week in Brussels, the FinOps Foundation supported — as the only non-governmental organisation invited to attend — the “FOCUS on FinOps” event organised at the European Parliament, as the EP looks to further adopt FOCUS. Over 300 practitioners from European Union Institutions, Agencies and Bodies gathered for a full day of #FinOps sessions covering the main topics: leveraging the FinOps Framework as a set of best practices and discussing FOCUS as an open specification for billing data. Our own?Ruben Vander Stockt and Dean Oliver were there to help educate on FinOps and FOCUS. A great mix of inspiring insights from senior leadership, interesting talks by practitioners sharing their experiences in FinOps and in-depth conversations and discussions! Thanks to?Julian Radu, Drs. and Neven Drljevi? for inviting the FinOps Foundation to this inter-institutional event!

It's that time again, introvert friends. That little bit of social anxiety means I'm always a little late (if not way too early) to networking events. This is the only conference I've attended more than twice. But I've learned from too many wise women to name: be visible, invest in yourself, let others know your work is valuable. And hydrate. Oh and make friends. Can't wait to see you in San Diego.

?? Ready to connect with the FinOps community at Google Cloud Next '25? This year, we're going all in on FinOps, with a jam-packed agenda designed to help you realize your business value, optimize your cloud spend, and connect with fellow practitioners. Here's what you can expect: 13+ FinOps Sessions: Covering everything from core principles to advanced strategies, plus exciting new feature releases! FinOps Community Watch Party: A dedicated event to network, share best practices, and meet the minds behind Google Cloud FinOps. We've teamed up with the FinOps Foundation to bring you unique opportunities, including: Expert Q&A: Direct access to Google Cloud's FinOps product and consulting teams. Palo Alto Networks Spotlight: Learn how they're maximizing savings & performance with BigQuery slot optimization – actionable insights you can implement right away. A massive shoutout to Pathik for creating the definitive FinOps guide to Google Cloud Next! This blog post is your key to unlocking the full potential of the event, including details on those exclusive FinOps Foundation event (register early – space is limited!). ?? https://lnkd.in/ez7NnP8U Let's make some noise at Google Cloud Next and show the power of the FinOps community! #GoogleCloudNext #FinOps #FinOpsFoundation #CloudCostManagement #CostOptimization #BigQuery #AIForFinOps #FinopsForAI #GoogleCloudConsulting Pathik Sharma Bruce Warner Marcus Oliver Andre Ellis Jr. Sarah McMullin Alfonso H. Jason Xiao Dong Ruchi Mahajan J.R. Storment Mike Fuller Joe Daly Dean Bosche Jessica Brandes Denis Morentsov ???? Kartik Ramakrishnan Carole Ou Abhinav Lad

?? AWS Wrangler for FinOps: Optimize AWS Costs & Data Processing with Python ?? AWS Wrangler (AWS SDK for pandas) is an open-source Python library that simplifies working with AWS services like S3, Glue, Athena, Redshift, DynamoDB, and more. While it integrates seamlessly with pandas ??, it also supports other Python data libraries such as Apache Arrow, Modin, Ray, and PySpark, making it a versatile tool for AWS data processing. ?? FinOps and AWS Cost Optimization: FinOps and AWS Cost Optimization analysis require working with a lot of data, including price lists, consumption data, inventory data, and organization data ??. Python is a great language for interacting with AWS data services. AWS Wrangler (now officially AWS SDK for pandas—though I still prefer the old name! ??) makes this process even easier. It's also a great way to incorporate Athena queries into your Python code. While there are edge cases where you might still need to use boto3 ???, in most cases, AWS Wrangler greatly simplifies and shortens your code. (Example at end.) ? What AWS Wrangler Does: ? Effortlessly Read & Write to S3 ?? → Supports Parquet, CSV, JSON, and integrates with Glue Catalog ??. (Iceberg support via Athena, but native coming soon.) ? Optimized Queries on Athena ?? → Pushes down filters to minimize scanned data ?? and supports query caching using CTAS (Create Table As Select), reducing Athena costs. ? Leverage Glue Catalog ?? → Streamline schema management with Glue Catalog integration, making your workflows both efficient and transparent. Simplify DataFrame Operations ?? → Seamlessly read from and write to Parquet, CSV, or JSON files in S3? ? Works with any AWS Data service ?? → S3, Glue, Athena, Redshift, Timestream, OpenSearch, Neptune, QuickSight, CloudWatch Logs, DynamoDB, EMR, Secrets Manager, and RDS (Aurora, PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQL Server, Oracle). The result? Optimized storage, faster queries, and lower costs. ?? ?? Why AWS Wrangler is Great for Cost Optimization: ? Reduces Data Transfer Costs ??: Enables in-place filtering and processing in S3. ? Lowers Athena Query Costs ??: Minimizes scanned data, saving money. ? Saves Analyst’s Time ?: Streamlines data coding tasks ?? Pro Tip: Combine AWS Wrangler with tools like Boto3, Cost Explorer API, S3 Inventory, S3 Lens Metrics exports, Glue Data Catalog, and Cost Optimization Hub tools to analyze your cost data and find optimization opportunities in real-time. If you're already using pandas ?? or other dataframe libraries to work with data, AWS Wrangler feels like a natural extension—and if you're working with AWS resources, it can make your life a lot easier. ?? ?? Have you used AWS Wrangler? ?? Drop a comment below and share! ?? Please reach out to me directly here on LinkedIn if you'd like to explore opportunities to work together on AWS cost optimization! ?? ?? #AWS #Athena #S3 #Python #FinOps #CloudOptimization #CloudOps #DataAnalysis #DataEngineering #Pandas #PySpark #Jupyter #Brandorr

?????? ?????????? ???? ???????????? ???????? ???? ???????? -?https://data.finops.org/ FinOps is as important as ever for delivering value from cloud—and increasingly—from other technology investments, with the majority of practices beginning to manage SaaS spend, and nearly half managing licensing. Some FinOps practices have begun to apply their capabilities to private cloud and data center scopes of spending in a?“??????????+”?approach to FinOps. While optimization continues to remain a top priority for cloud spend,?Understanding Costs?and?Quantifying Value?(budgeting, forecasting, allocation, etc.) are being applied first to other?Scopes of technology?before?optimization?as companies look to get improved predictability and understanding of technology spend in addition to Cloud. AI spending is now managed by the majority of respondents (63% up from 31% last year) and is expected to impact all but a few FinOps practitioners in the coming year in line with the large amounts of additional investment coming across cloud, SaaS and in data-centers. Practitioners are now also being asked to do more with their current resources, and increasingly those running related technology management practices are merging their work with FinOps.There is a risk of being stretched thin without additional investment in areas such as upskilling, automation or staff augmentation as organizations look to increase productivity within FinOps Capabilities. ?????? ?????????? ???? ???????????? ???????? ???? ???????? -?https://data.finops.org/ #FinOps #AI #Cloud #SaaS #Licensing