You're reading from Efficient Cloud FinOps A practical guide to cloud financial management and optimization with AWS, Azure, and GCP

Product type Paperback

Published in Feb 2024

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781805122579

Length 446 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

Python

Tools

AWS

Concepts

Cloud Computing

Authors (2):

Danny Obando García

Alfonso San Miguel Sánchez

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Table of Contents (21) Chapters

Preface

1. Part 1:Get Started with FinOps

2. Chapter 1: Introduction to FinOps Principles FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Understanding How FinOps Fits into Cloud Governance

4. Part 2:Inform – How to Increase Cost Visibility

5. Chapter 3: Designing and Executing the Tagging and Naming Convention Strategies

6. Chapter 4: Estimating Cloud Solution Costs and Initiative Saving

7. Chapter 5: Improving Cost Visibility with Dashboards and Reports

8. Part 3:Optimize – How to Get the Most out of Cloud Resources

9. Chapter 6: Implementing IaaS Compute Optimization

10. Chapter 7: Implementing PaaS and Other Compute Optimization Initiatives

11. Chapter 8: Implementing Database Optimization

12. Chapter 9: Implementing Storage Optimization

13. Part 4:Operate – How to Set Up a Governance Model around Cloud Costs

14. Chapter 10: Designing and Implementing FinOps KPIs

15. Chapter 11: Defining New FinOps Roles and Processes

16. Part 5:Hands-On Cost Optimization with Real-Life Use Cases and More

17. Chapter 12: Case Studies for Cost Optimization

18. Chapter 13: Wrapping up and Looking ahead

19. Index

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