Episodes

  • AWS OLA explained: How to find hidden savings in SQL licensing and cloud storage

    AWS OLA explained: How to find hidden savings in SQL licensing and cloud storage
    Nov 14 2025
    The AWS Optimization and Licensing Assessment (OLA) program is a free optimization and licensing assessment that helps companies reduce Windows, SQL Server, and storage costs by 20-80%. In this episode, we break down how AWS OLA works, what companies are getting wrong with their licensing, and how to implement findings without disrupting operations. From discovering double-licensed SQL clusters to moving 700 terabytes of logs to the right storage tier, this assessment delivers actionable savings in just 2-3 weeks.
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    47 mins
  • GenAI at production scale: Why GenAI POCs fail and how AWS thinks about production readiness

    GenAI at production scale: Why GenAI POCs fail and how AWS thinks about production readiness
    Sep 5 2025
    We're joined by two GenAI experts from AWS and DoiT to understand why GenAI POCs fail at production scale, how to evaluate LLMs, and how to approach GenAI production readiness. The discussion covers four GenAI workload migration patterns, AWS Bedrock's systematic migration framework, enterprise compliance challenges including HIPAA and GDPR requirements, and practical approaches to evaluating model performance across speed, cost, and quality.
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    51 mins
  • Cloud unit economics: Making unpredictable cloud costs forecastable

    Cloud unit economics: Making unpredictable cloud costs forecastable
    Jul 23 2025
    We cover how unit economics transforms unpredictable cloud costs into forecastable spending patterns. To do so, we go over examples of how connecting cloud spending to business demand drivers (ex. customers served; transactions processed) creates predictable patterns that finance teams can budget for. The conversation also covers practical implementation strategies and common mistakes companies make when starting with unit economics.
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    34 mins
  • Cloud tagging for business outcomes: Why your tagging strategy needs finance's input

    Cloud tagging for business outcomes: Why your tagging strategy needs finance's input
    Jul 11 2025
    Finance teams must actively participate in cloud tagging strategies to connect costs to business outcomes. Learn why finance involvement prevents allocation chaos and enables strategic decisions.
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    42 mins
  • Finance vs. cloud costs: A crash-course for finance leaders on adapting to variable spending

    Finance vs. cloud costs: A crash-course for finance leaders on adapting to variable spending
    Jun 4 2025
    Finance leaders struggle to adapt traditional budgeting to cloud's pay-as-you-go model. Learn how to transition from CapEx to OpEx thinking and establish effective governance frameworks. Discover why finance teams should lead tagging strategies to connect cloud costs with business value.
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    39 mins
  • Istio Ambient Mesh: Eliminate sidecar proxies and reduce service mesh costs

    Istio Ambient Mesh: Eliminate sidecar proxies and reduce service mesh costs
    Mar 26 2025
    We cover how Istio Ambient Mesh eliminates sidecar proxies to significantly reduce Kubernetes resource consumption. This episode covers the architectural differences between traditional service mesh and ambient mesh, practical migration strategies for different workload types, key metrics for measuring performance improvements, and real-world operational benefits like simplified troubleshooting and easier version upgrades.
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    37 mins
  • AWS's new MFA requirement: Centralized root credential management explained

    AWS's new MFA requirement: Centralized root credential management explained
    Mar 12 2025
    We cover why AWS is now requiring MFA on all AWS account root users, and demo the new centralized root credential management feature that makes it easy to manage credentials across member accounts.
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    21 mins
  • Amazon RDS performance optimization: Instance types, storage, and monitoring best practices

    Amazon RDS performance optimization: Instance types, storage, and monitoring best practices
    Feb 24 2025
    Learn how AWS database experts diagnose and solve the most common RDS performance bottlenecks, from storage configuration to instance type selection. Discover practical strategies to optimize your database costs while ensuring reliability, including when to choose between RDS and Aurora, how to pick the right storage type, and which metrics actually matter for monitoring.
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    1 hr and 2 mins