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The Ultimate Azure FinOps Guide: From Visibility to Optimization

Nov 5, 2025 By Turbo360 In Turbo360

In this episode of the FinOps on Azure podcast, host Michael chats with Anderson Oliveira, author of "FinOps Ultimate Guide for Azure." Anderson, a chemical engineer turned IT project manager, explains his journey into FinOps and breaks down his book, which focuses on organizing teams, measuring costs, tracking value, and building efficient practices on Azure. They discuss common challenges like stakeholder friction, the shift from CapEx to OpEx, and why focusing on value over just cutting costs is key for long-term success.

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Azure VM utils now included in Ubuntu: boosting cloud workloads

Nov 5, 2025 By Jehudi In Canonical

Ubuntu images on Microsoft Azure have recently started shipping with the open source package azure-vm-utils included by default. Azure VM utils is a package that provides essential utilities and udev rules to optimize the Linux experience on Azure. This change results in more reliable disks, smoother networking on accelerated setups, and fewer tweaks to get things running. Here’s what you need to know.

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Densify Releases New MCP Server to Bring AI-Driven Resource & GPU Optimization to Platform Teams

Nov 5, 2025 By Densify In Densify

As excitement builds for KubeCon North America 2025 in Atlanta, Densify has released its latest innovation for Kubernetes and AI-driven infrastructure resource management: the Densify Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server. This new capability enables organizations to securely integrate Densify’s Kubex resource optimization intelligence directly into popular LLM-powered tools — including ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor, and Gemini CLI.

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The first Global Virtual Cloud - Control Plane (CPLN)

Nov 5, 2025 By Control Plane Corporation In Control Plane

They can now confidently run their workloads in a multi-cloud topology WITHOUT the pain and complexity people associate with multi-cloud.. If you need 99.999% availability and ultra-low latency. Control Plane is your ticket to rise above the clouds.

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Top Cloud Cost News From October 2025

Nov 5, 2025 By Keith MacKenzie In CloudZero

Last month was certainly eventful. (If you use AWS or Azure, you probably already know what we’re talking about). But in case you missed it, here are the must-see headlines from October 2025.

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Is Cloud-Based Receipt Software the Smart Choice?

Nov 5, 2025 By OpsMatters In OpsMatters

In the current digital space, businesses are constantly looking for solutions that can help them save time and money. One such solution is cloud-based receipt software. It provides a way for consumers to move away from paper receipts, but does it make sense for organizations wanting to modernize?

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October 2025 Azure outage: How StatusGator detected it first

Nov 4, 2025 By Andy Libby In StatusGator

When Azure Front Door began to fail on October 29, 2025, hundreds of downstream services, including Microsoft 365, Teams, SharePoint, and Azure SQL, went dark. While Microsoft didn’t publicly acknowledge the issue until 12:35 PM ET, StatusGator dashboards were already lighting up nearly 50 minutes earlier. StatusGator notified its subscribers of an Azure outage 42 minutes prior to the official status page at 11:53 AM ET.

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What Is AWS Step Functions? A Complete Guide

Nov 4, 2025 By Rachel Whitener In CloudZero

Imagine you are building an e-commerce app. Every time a customer places an order, a lot happens behind the scenes. For example, you need to charge their card, update inventory, create a shipping label, and send a confirmation email. You could try to write one giant program that does everything in the correct order, but that quickly becomes a tangled mess — especially if something fails halfway through (say, payment succeeds but inventory update fails).

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Announcing CloudZero's Oracle Cloud Connector: Real Cost Intelligence For AI And High-Performance Workloads

Nov 4, 2025 By Thomas Evans In CloudZero

For years, enterprises have turned to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) for what it does best: powering mission-critical applications with unmatched performance, security, and predictable economics. OCI has historically staked its reputation on being the go-to platform for organizations running complex, data-intensive workloads, from core databases and ERP systems to large-scale compute clusters, while putting extra focus on security and predictable pricing.

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MOCK AWS SES Locally! Stop Sending Test Emails & Cut Cloud Costs

Nov 4, 2025 By Speedscale In Speedscale

In this quick guide, Speedscale's Matt LeRay shows you how to free your local development environment from direct AWS SES dependencies. When your application sends an email during local testing, it usually triggers a live AWS transaction, leading to slow tests, unnecessary cloud costs, and sometimes even spam filter issues.

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