Nobody likes getting a surprise (and surprisingly large) bill from their cloud provider. But that doesn't stop it from happening a surprising number of times. In this episode, Kentik's Director of Technical Evangelism, Phil Gervasi, and Mike Krygeris, an Enterprise Solutions Architect, talk with host Leon Adato about how Kentik's tools help reduce the surprises and lower the cost of your cloud environment. While you're here, remember to like and subscribe to get notified about new episodes!

Learn more about Kentik solutions for multicloud observability here:
https://www.kentik.com/product/multi-cloud-observability/

CHAPTERS

00:00 Introduction to Kentik Close-up

01:26 Getting to Know Mike Krygeris

03:10 Getting to Know Phil Gervasi

06:03 Transition to Work Topics

06:51 Challenges of Cloud Cost Management

10:00 Understanding Traffic Impact on Costs

13:06 Complexity of Multi-Cloud Billing

16:33 Challenges of Building Observability Solutions

17:05 Core Business and Cloud Provider Distinction

17:37 Importance of Cross-Environment Solutions

18:18 Network Delivery and Application Distribution

18:45 Cost Considerations for Observability Solutions

20:05 API-Driven Infrastructure and Monitoring Tools

21:14 Understanding the 'Free as in Puppy' Concept

21:44 Kentik's Cloud Vendor Agnostic Approach

23:53 Value of Metadata and Context in Observability

26:57 Demonstration of Kentik's AWS Environment View

29:27 Building Baselines for Traffic

30:06 Traffic Profile and Cloud Egress

31:22 Enrichment with Cloud Service Information

33:05 Data Explorer and Kentik Data Engine

33:35 Monitoring and Alerting for Cloud Cost

34:38 Setting Baselines for Alerting

35:21 AWS Logging Status and Observing Interface

37:36 Utilization Investigation and Optimization

38:41 Key Takeaways and Unification of Telemetry