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5 pieces tagged “finops”.

Briefing

SageMaker Savings Plans versus Spot Training: when to use each.

SageMaker Savings Plans and Managed Spot Training both cut costs, but they suit different workloads. Knowing when to use each is key to a balanced discount strategy.

awssagemakercosttraining
2 min read
Briefing

Ten practical ways to cut Azure Kubernetes spend without hurting reliability.

AKS costs can drift quickly. ScaleOps recommends a focused checklist covering rightsizing, autoscaling, Spot instances, reservations and non-production scheduling.

azurekubernetescostaks
2 min read
Briefing

How FinOps teams can bring SageMaker spend under governance.

Finout's guide shows how FinOps teams can govern SageMaker costs through pricing literacy, storage lifecycle rules, budget alerts and Savings Plans analysis.

awssagemakerfinopsgovernance
2 min read
Briefing

The three highest-impact SageMaker cost levers for ML teams.

Idle inference endpoints, oversized training jobs and always-on notebooks are the top drivers of unexpected SageMaker spend. Fixing them is low-hanging fruit.

awssagemakercostml
2 min read
Briefing

Ten platform engineering predictions and a pragmatic UK roadmap.

The Platform Engineering community's 2026 outlook points to agentic infrastructure, AI code safety nets, self-architecting systems, FinOps gates and governance-by-default.

platform engineeringdevopsai infrastructurefinops
2 min read

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