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FinOps: Applying Earned Value Management to maximize ROI

By Chris Jones

One of the greatest strengths of FinOps is its ability to focus on driving business value. However, many teams, especially engineering teams, struggle to directly connect their work and their... Read More

Top 8 predictions for FinOps X 2024

By Chris Jones

As we are just a few days away from the much-anticipated FinOps X 2024 edition, I thought it would be interesting to share my insights on what we might expect... Read More

Top 6 FinOps KPIs for EKS  

By Chris Jones

The FinOps foundation is a treasure trove of useful frameworks, guides and importantly KPIs and I would recommend everyone dive in and explore. However, sometimes frameworks, guides and KPIs can... Read More

Java app performance over the decades

By Chris Jones

In 2008, I had my first encounter with performance monitoring. Back then it was Systems Management, and I was using BMC Patrol! By 2010 we had entered Application Performance Management.... Read More

The argument for AWS Spot Instances

By Chris Jones

In a spot market, buyers and sellers immediately exchange financial securities for cash. The spot price is what buyers and sellers agree to pay or receive for an asset. When... Read More

An introduction to Flux – Part 2: Capabilities and ecosystem

By Chris Jones

This blog is part 2 of our introduction to Flux. In part 1, we walked through the history of Flux, its graduation as a CNCF project, and dove into the... Read More

An introduction to Flux – Part 1: History and features

By Chris Jones

The following blog provides an overview of Flux, its lifecycle, adoption, unique capabilities, and several references to help you get started. This is not intended to be a getting started... Read More

Build infrastructure for apps

By Chris Jones

This is the 4th blog in Chris Jones’s series on scaling Kubernetes for applications, GitOps, and increasing developer productivity. You can read part 3 here, or can go back and... Read More

Build complete clusters, not parts

By Chris Jones

This is the 3rd blog in Chris Jones’s series on scaling Kubernetes for applications, GitOps, and increasing developer productivity. You can read parts 1 and 2 here and here. Imagine, your... Read More

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